Also known as: Poison and Resistance, Poison Resistance, Poisoning, Empoisonnement, Toxic Resistance, Chemical Warfare
Last updated: April 23, 2026
The fear of poisoning pervaded colonial consciousness, shaping everything from food preparation to slave management. Whether actual poisonings matched white paranoia or enslaved people weaponized this fear itself, the threat of poison undermined slaveholders' sense of security and control.
The case shows how poison accusations became a weapon of planter terror rather than genuine criminal prosecution
Mackandal's campaign was the most famous use of poison as organized resistance in Saint-Domingue.
Poison And Resistance
Poison And Resistance
and-resistance - The precursor tradition that proved invisible resistance and fear could circulate through plantation society
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