Poisoned Relations
Healing, Power, and Contested Knowledge in the Atlantic World
Book • 2024
Chelsea Berry's "Poisoned Relations" explores the contrasting European and African understandings of poison in the context of the Atlantic slave trade.
The book examines how these differing perspectives clashed and intertwined in the Americas, revealing the complex power dynamics at play.
Berry uses historical linguistics to analyze over 500 investigations and trials across four colonial contexts.
The study highlights the social and relational aspects of poison accusations, demonstrating that conflicts extended beyond the enslavers and enslaved.
The book offers a nuanced understanding of the violence and silences within colonial archives.
The book examines how these differing perspectives clashed and intertwined in the Americas, revealing the complex power dynamics at play.
Berry uses historical linguistics to analyze over 500 investigations and trials across four colonial contexts.
The study highlights the social and relational aspects of poison accusations, demonstrating that conflicts extended beyond the enslavers and enslaved.
The book offers a nuanced understanding of the violence and silences within colonial archives.
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Miranda Melcher
Chelsea Berry, "Poisoned Relations: Healing, Power, and Contested Knowledge in the Atlantic World" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
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Miranda Melcher
Chelsea Berry, "Poisoned Relations: Healing, Power, and Contested Knowledge in the Atlantic World" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
