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
Commonwealth Relations Office: East and General Africa: Registered Files (EGA Series)
Catalogue reference: DO 168
What's it about?
DO 168
This series contains files produced by the East and General Africa Department of the Africa and Political Division of the Commonwealth Relations Office. The records relate to Tanganyika, Uganda and Kenya, and also African matters of wider concern...
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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DO 168
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office: East and General Africa: Registered Files (EGA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1961-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files produced by the East and General Africa Department of the Africa and Political Division of the Commonwealth Relations Office. The records relate to Tanganyika, Uganda and Kenya, and also African matters of wider concern such as the Commonwealth reaction to the Congo crisis.
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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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EGA 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)
- Commonwealth Relations Office, East and General Africa Department, 1960-1961
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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81 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6177/
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