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
Foreign Office: Embassy, Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: FO 1100
What's it about?
FO 1100
This series contains miscellanea from the British Embassy in Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It includes files dealing with the internal political situation and mercenaries.
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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FO 1100
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy, Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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1961-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains miscellanea from the British Embassy in Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It includes files dealing with the internal political situation and mercenaries.
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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 and French
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Congo, 1961-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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61 file(s)
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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 1993 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
- Democracy
- 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/C8399/
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