Rare Cast-Iron Shackles or Leg Irons

Original Title: Cast Iron Shackles
Devised Title: Rare Cast-Iron Shackles or Leg Irons
Date: Unknown
Creator: Unknown See all items with this value
Contributor: Thomas Bridge
Description: These rare cast iron shackles, used during the enslavement period, serve as haunting artifacts that symbolize the brutal reality of slavery. Designed to restrain and control, they reflect the dehumanization and suffering endured by enslaved individuals.
Primary Subject: Unknown See all items with this value; Slavery See all items with this value; Labor See all items with this value; Resistance See all items with this value
Location: Tallahassee; Leon County; Florida; United States of America
Type: Three-Dimensional Object
Medium: Steel
Additional Techniques: Casting; Hammering
Measurements: Unknown
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: AR_0018_03_0001
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.FAMU.0102
Rights: All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.
Contributing Institution: Florida A&M University
Collection: Black Archives- Slavery in the Old South Collection See all items with this value
Language: English