Meermin slave mutiny
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title:
Meermin slave mutiny
text:
A slave mutiny on Meermin, one of the Dutch East India Company's fleet of slave ships, took place in February 1766 and lasted for three weeks. Her final voyage was cut short by the mutiny of the Malagasy captives onboard, who had been sold to Dutch East India Company officials on Madagascar to be enslaved by the company in its Cape Colony in southern Africa. During the mutiny half the ship's crew and almost 30 Malagasy captives died. Meermin set sail from Madagascar on 20 January 1766, heading t
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1766 revolt on a slave ship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meermin_slave_mutiny
date created:
2011-10-14T09:57:41Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:36:46Z
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