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, Burundi: Records
Catalogue reference: FO 1105
What's it about?
FO 1105
This series contains records produced by the British Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, relating to the conduct of UK relations with Burundi and Rwanda.
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 1105
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Embassy, Burundi: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records produced by the British Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, relating to the conduct of UK relations with Burundi and Rwanda.
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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
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign Office, Embassy, Burundi, 1962-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 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
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2001 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
- Africa
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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Series began in 1962
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Occasional further accruals can be expected.
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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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Burundi became independent in 1962, at which time the former British Consulate to the Belgian Trust Territory of Ruanda and Urundi at Usumbura was raised to embassy status. The new embassy remained responsible for British relations with both Burundi and Rwanda. Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura in 1962.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8404/
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