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- GLC#
- GLC05338
- Type
- Objects
- Date
- circa 1840-1850
- Title
- [Shackles used on enslaved people]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 metal leg chain Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 35 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Slavery & Anti-slavery
These shackles resemble those used during the mid-1800s. Handwrought iron, consisting of two leg shackles linked by a flat iron plate. Could have been used for enslaved people, but also might have been used in a jailhouse for criminals.
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