1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: The Day in History Class. It's a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hi everyone, I'm Eves and welcome to this 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Day and History Class, a podcast that brings you a 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:26,319 Speaker 1: nugget of history every day. Today is the Day was 5 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: a nine. Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against 6 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: Captain William Bly on the HMS Bounty. The British government 7 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: was sponsoring an expedition to the South Pacific to get 8 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: bread fruit plants to take to the West Indies. Once 9 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: planted in the West Indies, the bread fruit would serve 10 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: as cheap food for enslaved people. In December of seventy seven, 11 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: the h MS Bounty left England headed for Tahiti to 12 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: collect the bread fruit. The bounty was commanded by Captain 13 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: William Bly and Fletcher Christian was the master's mate. The 14 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: journey was long and difficult, but in October of seventeen 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: eighty eight, after dealing with bad weather, a detour, and 16 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,880 Speaker 1: a little conflict between the crew and captain, the bounty 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: made it to Tahiti. The crew stayed on the island 18 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: for the next five months so they could collect the 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: bread fruit saplings. While on the island, hostilities between Bly 20 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: and the crew intensified. In January of seventeen eighty nine, 21 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: three of the crew members deserted. Bly threatened Thitians would 22 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: suffer if they did not help bring back the deserters 23 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: and the arms and ammunition that went missing along with them. 24 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: The crew members were tracked down and punished in February. 25 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,280 Speaker 1: On April five, the bounty left Tahiti with the Hall 26 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: of bread fruit saplings. On the trip back, tension between 27 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: Bly and Fletcher Christian escalated. The next morning, when the 28 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 1: bounty was near an island in Tonga, Christian and a 29 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: gang of crew members staged a mutiny. Bly described what 30 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: happened early in the morning on a he said quote 31 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: just before sunrising. Mr Christian, with a master at arms, 32 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: gunner's mate and Thomas Burkett seaman, came into my cabin 33 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: while I was asleep and seizing me. Tied my hands 34 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: with a cord behind my back, and threatened me with 35 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 1: instant death if I spoke or made the least noise. 36 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: The mutineers forced Bly onto the deck. They ordered Bly 37 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: and more than a dozen people who supported him into 38 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: the ship's launch. Bly and his loyalists were then set adrift, 39 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: but he and The rest of the crew set adrift, 40 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: managed to travel west across the Pacific and make it 41 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: to the island of Tiamour in June. Back on the bounty, 42 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: some of the mutineers decided to stay in Tahiti, while Christian, 43 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: other mutineers, and some Tahitians made their way to pick 44 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:00,160 Speaker 1: Karen Island. In January of they burned the bounty, but 45 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: in March Bly made it back to England. He was 46 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: tried for the loss of the bounty but acquitted. News 47 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: of the mutiny spread through the country and people began 48 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: viewing Bly as a hero. The ship Pandora was commissioned 49 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 1: to go to the South Pacific and bring back the mutineers. 50 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: Some of them were captured in Tahiti and brought back 51 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: to England to stand trial. Some of those mutineers were acquitted, 52 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: some were pardoned, and three others were hanged, but the 53 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: Pandora failed to find Christian and the other mutineers on 54 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: Pitcairn Island. Bly ended up going back to Tahiti to 55 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: retrieve breadfruit to transport to the West Indies. He was 56 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: later promoted to Vice Admiral. Christian was reportedly murdered on 57 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: Pitcairn in the seventeen nineties. Many books and films on 58 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: the mutiny have been produced in the years since it 59 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: took place. The person but it's like this and all gotten. 60 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: It's to like get my family on my granda, think 61 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: of my now, sir, why beings reasonable? Now? I'm Eve 62 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: step Coote and hopefully you know a little more about 63 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: history today than you did yesterday. And if you have 64 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: any questions or comments, you can send them to us 65 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: on social media. 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