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HISTORY 4 x 60'
HISTORY
slaveship mutiny
This is the true, extraordinary story of the final days of a notorious slave ship, the Meermin, and how in 1766 it was shipwrecked at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Duration
1 x 60'
Production Company
Off the Fence
YOP
2010
Definitions
SD HD
Episode Information
This is the true, extraordinary story of the final days of a notorious slave ship, the Meermin, and how in 1766 it was shipwrecked at the southernmost tip of Africa. At the heart of this story are 147 slaves from Madagascar, who in an astonishing mutiny, overpowered the Dutch crew and took over the ship. It was the first successful rebellion on a slave ship.