Watch this full episode of After Dark with Anthony Delaney and Maddy Pelling, where they chat about Edward Francis, the young enslaved man who poisoned his slave owner with rat poison in an attempt at freedom. Today’s story is one that takes us to a very familiar setting - the Tower of London - but shows it in a new light. Edward Francis was an enslaved man who lived in the Lion Tower. In 1691 he decided to poison his enslavers. Maddy and Anthony are joined by (friend of the pod) Dr. Misha Ewen who helped bring this history to light. Misha is the author of "The Virginia Venture: American Colonization and English Society, 1580-1660". 1:44 - Introduction: Poison at the Tower of London 9:05 - Edward Francis: The Enslaved Boy with the Silver Collar 26:01 - The Poisoning Plot Begins 35:49 - An Enslaved Man Speaks: The Testimony 43:37 - What Happened to Edward Francis? Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #HistoryHitPodcast #AfterDark #PoisonedLionKeeper