Leg Shackles, 1840-1880
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The wealth and power of Southern plantation owners depended upon a large labor force of enslaved people. They justified their actions by considering enslaved people to be mere pieces of property. These shackles, from a Georgia plantation, attest to the brutal treatment of enslaved African Americans.
The wealth and power of Southern plantation owners depended upon a large labor force of enslaved people. They justified their actions by considering enslaved people to be mere pieces of property. These shackles, from a Georgia plantation, attest to the brutal treatment of enslaved African Americans.
Artifact
Shackles
Date Made
1840-1880
Creators
Unknown
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in With Liberty & Justice for All
Object ID
2005.34.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Iron (Metal)
Dimensions
Length: 31 in
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