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: East Africa: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 822
What's it about?
CO 822
This series contains original correspondence relating to British East Africa generally, and to Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Zanzibar individually. Subject matter includes various aspects of the countries' internal, economic, cultural and...
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 822
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: East Africa: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1922-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to British East Africa generally, and to Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda and Zanzibar individually. Subject matter includes various aspects of the countries' internal, economic, cultural and administrative development, including constitutional development and their move towards independence, development and welfare schemes, education, labour, public health, scientific research and transport. A proportion of the series relates to the Mau Mau crisis in Kenya.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier correspondence relating to Tanganyika see CO 691
For earlier correspondence relating to Zanzibar see CO 618
For earlier correspondence relating to Uganda see CO 536
For earlier correspondence relating to Kenya see CO 533
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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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3302 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From circa 1953 Colonial Office
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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
- Research
- Africa
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers of this correspondence see CO 869
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5011/
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Colonial Office: East Africa: Original Correspondence
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