The
Meermin slave mutiny took place in February 1766 and lasted for three weeks. The
Meermin was one of the
Dutch East India Company's fleet of
slave ships. Her final voyage was cut short by the mutiny of her cargo of
Malagasy people, who had been sold to Dutch East India Company officials on
Madagascar to be used as company
slaves in its
Cape Colony in southern Africa. During the mutiny half the ship's crew and almost 30 Malagasy lost their lives.