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.
Division
Records of the Central Policy Departments and Private Offices
Catalogue reference: Division within FCO
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Division within FCO
Contains records of the central policy departments and private offices comprising: Commonwealth Co-ordination Department, FCO 68. Dependent Territories Constitutions Department, FCO 56. General and Migration Department, FCO 50. Legal Executive...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Division within FCO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Central Policy Departments and Private Offices
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1956-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contains records of the central policy departments and private offices comprising:
- Commonwealth Co-ordination Department, FCO 68.
- Dependent Territories Constitutions Department, FCO 56.
- General and Migration Department, FCO 50.
- Legal Executive Branch, FCO 52.
- Papers of the Secretariat to Lord Carver , FCO 166.
- Parliamentary Commissioner Unit and Parliamentary Commissioner and Committees Unit, FCO 72.
- Planning Staff and Commonwealth Policy and Planning Department, FCO 49.
- Private Offices, FCO 73.
- Sir Ian Gilmour papers, FCO 167.
- Victoria Falls Conference on dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Unregistered Material, FCO 163.
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 series
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C760/
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