1706-May-03: Council of Léogane orders inhabitants to plant subsistence crops to prevent theft by the

1706-May-03: Council of Léogane orders inhabitants to plant subsistence crops to prevent theft by the enslaved. This administrative action was an attempt to reduce the hunger that drove many enslaved people to steal or desert. Nuance: This was “security policing.” Hunger drove enslaved people to steal from “loyal” subjects or desert to the mountains (marronage), threatening the colony’s stability.