Acts of extreme brutality would be carried out using everyday items. On the Zon, the cry betta betta, hollande matt or 'death to the Dutch' was the signal for captives to attack the crew with knives, although it was not known how they had obtained the knives (Journal of the Zon, 29 August 1775. NA,VOC/4279). Utensils were commonly used as weapons in insurrections, although daily inspections reduced the risks (Journal of the Brak, 9 August 1743. NA, VOC/4157). In 1725, captives on the Vautour seized an axe, several cannon balls and other tools, while in 1753, on the Neptune, enslaved people took hold of kitchen tools and used them as weapons against the crew (Bialuschewski, 2011; Brest, 2010; Journal of the Neptune, 12 October 1753. AN, MAR, 4JJ/103, p. 113; Asgarally, 1989, p. 181). On the Constance Adèle, enslaved people forcibly occupied the deck where the arms were kept and used the weapons to prevent members of the crew from going down to that deck. Ultimately, having threatened to blow up the powder store, the French crew decided to abandon the ship (Declarations of arrival of the Constance Adèle, Port of La Montagne, 8 November 1793. MNA, F/10, No. 572).