Slaves used poison to dominate and humiliate their masters

Evidence

Some slaves collaborated in the master’s violence, driven by the fear of becoming its target or by the hope of channeling it elsewhere. Many other slaves simply avoided it and survived as best they could, following orders and trying desperately to work tiny plots of land to feed themselves and their families, crafting small spaces of comfort and community. Some, however, responded by sowing terror among their masters. — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 183 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Slavery’s control system relied on a pervasive terror of resistance against masters; Knowledge of poison conferred power and respect within the slave community; Enslaved people responded to violence through collaboration, avoidance, or counter-terror — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 183 (+2 more)

Related

• Slavery’s control system relied on a pervasive terror of resistance against masters (similarity 0.89)
• Poison was slaves’ undetectable weapon against masters, their property, and rival slaves (similarity 0.88)
• Enslaved people responded to violence through collaboration, avoidance, or counter-terror (similarity 0.84)
• Knowledge of poison conferred power and respect within the slave community (similarity 0.83)
• Slaveholders committed far more atrocities than revolting slaves did (similarity 0.82)
• Anti-poison laws repressed traditional healing because poison gave slaves power over masters (similarity 0.82)
• Slave drivers balanced complicity with the master against leadership of the enslaved community (similarity 0.81)
• Poison gave enslaved cooks a hidden, undetectable source of power (similarity 0.80)
• Enslaved people resisted slavery through collaboration, endurance, and terror. (similarity 0.79)
• Slaves claimed a right to fair treatment and seized plantations rather than destroying them (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Knowledge of poison conferred power and respect within the slave community #expands (0.80)
• Enslaved people responded to violence through collaboration, avoidance, or counter-terror #exemplifies (0.70) — Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story of…, 183
• Slaves responded to plantation violence through collaboration, endurance, or open terror #exemplifies (0.70)
• Plantation slaves claimed a right to protest mistreatment by their masters #expands (0.60)