His crew mutinied against him, yes we know that , but did you know that after the Bounty episode he became the Governor of New South Wales , he was the key reason for the Rum Rebellion and was recalled back to England in disgrace , he was deposed and arrested.
Australian historians have a different view of Bligh and the Rum Rebellion. He arrived as Governor to find that the New South Wales Corps--nicknamed the "Rum Corps" for the illegal stills they built--were running the colony as a criminal enterprise, exploiting the convicts to enrich themselves. When Bligh tried to stop them, they rebelled.
If "not going along" was a flaw, he had one, but today in Australia he's honored for it.
Australian historians have a different view of Bligh and the Rum Rebellion. He arrived as Governor to find that the New South Wales Corps--nicknamed the "Rum Corps" for the illegal stills they built--were running the colony as a criminal enterprise, exploiting the convicts to enrich themselves. When Bligh tried to stop them, they rebelled.
If "not going along" was a flaw, he had one, but today in Australia he's honored for it.
Bligh's main character flaw was that he was very bad at managing people -at least in calm situations. In times of crisis -storms at sea, the open voyage in the launch- he was superlative. But, when there wasn't an emergency at hand, he really wasn't good with people. He wasn't cruel -at least not how he's been caricatured- but he had a short fuse and a tendency to verbally berate without considering the effect it could have.
shareHe's kind of like Stannis Baratheon on Game of thrones. Just and righteous, but too rigid and with poor communication skills. So people rebel against him even though he's right.
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