Cross-plantation coordination and trust made the insurrection uniquely powerful.

Evidence

How was it that these slaves, at this time, were able to do what no other group of slaves had ever done before or would again? What made their insurrection so powerful? The success of the insurrection lay in the capacity of the conspirators to organize across plantations, bringing together slaves separated by significant distances and working under the watchful eyes of overseers and masters. The conspiracy required leadership and, just as importantly, trust, for its discovery could have led to the capture and execution of the participants. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 339