Machete
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Machete
Machetes were essential for harvesting the sugar cane in America and the Caribbean, but they could become a deadly weapon during a slave rebellion. These tools symbolize the instability of a society based on slavery. Planters had to give plantation workers implements that could be turned against them at any time.
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