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Slave Ship Mutiny

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Slave Ship Mutiny

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Premiered: November 10, 2010 | 0:31

The slave ship Meermin set sail from Madagascar for South Africa in 1766, but the ship would never make it to Cape Town, the slaves mutinied and managed to overpower the Dutch crew, ordering the ship be sailed back to Madagascar and freedom.

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