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Plantation owners and overseers used heavy iron shackles to punish and humiliate defiant slaves, both men and women and especially those who tried to run away. Slaves who had been sold were also shackled while being moved to another location. Arm and leg shackles were the most common type of restraints, but stocks, neck collars, and the ball and chain were also used. This pair of iron leg shackles is typical of the kind used on Southern plantations during the mid-nineteenth century. | |||
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Shackles,
c. 1850
Click image to enlarge. Copyright 2002 The Chicago Historical Society |
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