Chains and Other Instruments Used by Slave Traders, 19th cent.
Caption: Implements Used by Slave-Traders (by permission of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Material objects employed by slave traders, such as the wooden neck yokes (or Goree), chains, manacles, and leg fetters, whip, and helmet used for gagging slaves, with pieces of iron to force tongue down (h). (For the Goree, see images LCP-12, PRO-4 on this website)
Image Title
Chains and Other Instruments Used by Slave Traders, 19th cent.
RegID
SI-OB-781
Title
Chains and Other Instruments Used by Slave Traders, 19th cent.
Source
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, ed., The Story of the Sea (London, 1895-96), vol. 2, p. 445
Language
English
Item sets
Slave Ships & the Atlantic Crossing (Middle Passage)
Spatial Coverage
Atlantic
Reproduced In
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, ed., The Story of the Sea (London, 1895-96), vol. 2, p. 445
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
13-Nov-13
Identifier
mariners09