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.
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Commonwealth Relations Office: South Africa High Commission Territories: Registered...
Catalogue reference: DO 157
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DO 157
This series contains files relating to the Commonwealth Relations Office administration of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland between 1960 and 1961. The files were produced by the Central African and Territories Department (1956-1959) and the...
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DO 157
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office: South Africa High Commission Territories: Registered Files (BBS Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1959-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to the Commonwealth Relations Office administration of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland between 1960 and 1961. The files were produced by the Central African and Territories Department (1956-1959) and the Southern Africa Department (1959-1961) of the Africa and General (1956-1960) and the Africa (1960-1962) Divisions of the Commonwealth Relations Office.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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For later files in the BBS file series see
For earlier records in the BBS file series see
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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BBS file series
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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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- Commonwealth Relations Office, Central African and Territories Department, 1953-1959
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Southern Africa Department, 1959-1961
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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66 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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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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After November 1961, responsibility for the High Commission Territories returned to the Colonial Office and the Southern Africa Department was abolished.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6166/
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