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Bounty, Mutiny on the

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Bounty, Mutiny on the (April 28, 1789) British mutiny that took place near Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean. Fletcher Christian led a rebellion against Captain William Bligh. Bligh and 18 loyal crew members were set adrift. Christian and some of the mutineers founded a colony on Pitcairn Island.

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