The St Joseph Mutiny occurred in June 1837 within the 1st West India Regiment of the British Army. The uprising began at the unit's barracks in St Joseph, Trinidad, which was then part of the British West Indies.
The mutiny was led by recently arrived Africans who had been rescued from illegal slave ships by the Royal Navy and subsequently conscripted into the West India Regiments. Between 60 and 100 soldiers participated, seizing arms and ammunition, killing an enlisted soldier, and setting fire to the officers' quarters.
The British Army and the Trinidad Militia quickly suppressed the uprising, killing twelve mutineers, while six others committed suicide to avoid capture. Three ringleaders were subsequently executed, and two more were sentenced to death, though their sentences were later commuted to penal transportation to Australia.
One of the mutiny's leaders, Daaga, became a folk hero in Trinidad and later served as an inspiration for the leaders of the Black Power Revolution in the 1970s.
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