Collection blog
Cataloguing transatlantic slavery records: an archival history
Cataloguer Adrian Browne traces the custodial history of the Detached Papers, investigating the legacies of Victorian-era recordkeeping.
Collections research
Find out more about the collections research happening at The National Archives as part of the PASSAGE (Partnership for Atlantic Slavery Scholarship, Archiving and Global Exchange) project.
Explore the histories of enslavement found in the archives by our in-house researchers and cataloguers. They also reflect on their experiences working with the collections.
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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