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Malagasy captives

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1766

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Malagasy captives, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Meermin Slave Mutiny

    1766

    Role: Enslaved passengers who seized the ship

    1. 20 January 1766 · north-western coast of MadagascarDeparture from Madagascar

      Meermin sailed from north-western Madagascar on 20 January 1766 carrying about 140 Malagasy destined for slavery in the Cape Colony.

    2. 18 February 1766 · aboard the Meermin in the Indian OceanMutiny Outbreak

      On 18 February 1766, after weapons were brought on deck for cleaning, the Malagasy captives seized the Meermin.

    3. March 1766 · off Struisbaai, South AfricaGrounding off Struisbaai

      In March 1766 the mutineers deliberately let the Meermin drift aground off Struisbaai, where she broke up.

Sources

  1. Meermin Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-29