MS_0002_03_0004_Shackles

Title: MS_0002_03_0004_Shackles
Subject: Slavery, Black Holocaust, Resistance, Reparations, Black Power.
Description: Original Iron Shackles used to chain enslaved people of Africa. Dual clasps cuffs affixed by iron chain. American Slave Chains. Made of solid iron with grappled or simple-twist locks, these chains were used to restrain the feet or ankles of slaves, allowing them to walk but preventing running or kicking. The leg irons are also known as fetters, shackles, or foot cuffs.
Creator: James N. Eaton Sr. Slave Memorabilia
Identifier: 03
Publisher: Elona M. Jones
shortDescription: These items were identified and purchased by MEBA founder James N. Eaton Sr. They are part of a larger collection of items used during the Slavery period in America. These larger slave irons are from a 17th century slave ship. The slave cuffs were used during the internal American slave trade when Africans were transported from the locations in the Upper South to plantations in the lower south.
Audience: General Public, ages 12 and above.
Medium: Iron