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 and Commonwealth Office: Atlantic Department, predecessors and successor:...
Catalogue reference: CO 1024
What's it about?
CO 1024
This series contains records produced by the Atlantic Department and its predecessors concerning Britain's island colonies and dependencies in the South Atlantic Ocean, and the British Antarctic Territory. Includes papers of and relating to the...
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 1024
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Atlantic Department, predecessors and successor: Registered Files, Falkland Islands, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha and British Antarctica (FST Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1951-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records produced by the Atlantic Department and its predecessors concerning Britain's island colonies and dependencies in the South Atlantic Ocean, and the British Antarctic Territory. Includes papers of and relating to the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For later records see FCO 42
See also CO 247
For earlier correspondence, 1831 to 1951, see CO 78
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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FST file series
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Colonial Office, Atlantic Department, 1964-1966
- Colonial Office, Mediterranean and Atlantic Department, 1962-1964
- Commonwealth Office, Gibraltar and South Atlantic Department, 1966-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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613 file(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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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1970 Foreign and Commonwealth 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
- Polar
- Americas
- Africa
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5213/
Catalogue hierarchy
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Colonial Office and Commonwealth Office: Atlantic Department, predecessors and successor: Registered Files, Falkland Islands, St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha and British Antarctica (FST Series)
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