Descendants of Mutineers Seek Independence The descendants of a group of daring 18th Century mutineers made legal history last week, telling a New Zealand court that their ancestors' rebellion amounted to a declaration of independence. The claim was made by lawyers representing seven men from the
Pitcairn was never British, rape case court told Pitcairn, the South Pacific home of the descendants of the Bounty mutineers, has never been British territory and is instead the world's smallest and most isolated independent nation, a court was told. Reported in the Daily Telegraph.
