Ankle shackles - National Museum of African American History …
WEBAnkle restraints held enslaved men together two-by-two as they marched to the coast. Women and children were restrained by their hands and necks.
Set of wrought iron leg shackles | National Museum of African …
WEBOct 4, 2008 · Description. Shackles consist of an iron bolt with a pair of loops slid onto it thorugh a hole in each end of the loop. One end of the bar is fixed closed by an integral metal flange large enough to prevent the loops from being removed.
Pair of Middle Passage wrought iron ankle shackles
WEBWrought iron ankle shackles are of the type used on board of slaver ships during so called ‘Middle Passage’. Enslaved Africans were forced to endure this terrifying and brutal journey across the Atlantic from the West Coast of Africa to the Americas.
Civil War Virtual Museum | African Americans in the War | Slave Chains
WEBSlave Chains. Made of solid iron with a simple twist lock, these chains were used to restrain the feet or ankles of slaves, allowing walking but preventing running or kicking. This set of leg irons is from an Underground Railroad …
WEBarchaeological lens, assessing the seventeenth-century slave ship artifact assemblages of Henrietta Marie and Whydah shipwrecks as case studies, in addition to historical illustrations of slave ships Brookes and Vigilante. Furthermore, it explores female enslavement and ways in which African enslaved women impacted the …
Slave collar - Smithsonian Institution
WEBSlave collars made of iron were used to discipline and identify slaves who were considered risks of becoming runaways. This broken collar once had three prongs.
Slave Shackles · Bennett Capozzi -- Senegal · HIST 1002
WEBThis iron chain, which was used to attach three slaves to each other, illustrates the incredibly inhumane practices of leading African men and women throughout West Africa while chained together to prevent escape.
Shackles, Collars, and Chains: Exposing the treatment of enslaved …
WEBThis thesis examines and argues that the shipboard narratives and material culture related to black enslaved women from 1700 through 1886 further illuminates gendered experiences.
First public exhibit of slavery shackles at the Hay Library
WEBJan 7, 2016 · A pair of slavery shackles of the type used to transport captured Africans to slavery in the Americas is on display at the John Hay Library. The shackles, on loan from the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, will remain at the Hay through March 13, 2016, and then return to Liverpool for permanent display.
Slave Chains/Leg Irons - Civil War Virtual Museum
WEBSlave Chains/Leg Irons. Made of solid iron with a simple twist lock, these chains were used to transport or restrain the feet or ankles of slaves, allowing walking but prevented running or kicking. This set of leg irons is from an Underground Railroad house in …
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