Also known as: War dogs, Hunting dogs, Dog terror
Last updated: April 23, 2026
Attack dogs were trained animals used in the Caribbean to track, maim, and terrorize maroons, rebels, and captured prisoners. In the Saint-Domingue archive they connect the everyday repression of marronage to the spectacular war crimes of the Leclerc-Rochambeau expedition.
Charles Victor Emmanuel Leclerc
Donatien Marie Joseph De Rochambeau
1804 Massacres
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