Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Colonial Office: Ascension Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 749
What's it about?
CO 749
This series contains original correspondence relating to Ascension.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 749
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Ascension Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1922-1923
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Ascension.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence after 1923 see CO 247
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For a register to this correspondence see CO 823
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Ascension was taken under British rule in 1815 but was under Admiralty control until 1922 when responsibility was passed to the Colonial Office and made a dependency of St Helena.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4938/
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