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: Southern Rhodesia: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 767
What's it about?
CO 767
This series contains original correspondence relating to Southern Rhodesia.
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 767
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Southern Rhodesia: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1923-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Southern Rhodesia.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence 1926 to 1929 see DO 63
For some further later correspondence see CO 1015
For correspondence before 1923 see CO 417
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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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5 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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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 registers to this correspondence see CO 800
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4956/
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Colonial Office: Southern Rhodesia: Original Correspondence
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