Ankle shackles
date: label: Date
content: 1700-1850
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Caption
content: Ankle restraints held enslaved men together two-by-two as they marched to the coast. Women and children were restrained by their hands and necks.
label: Description
content: These ankle shackles consist of a two-piece cuff-like section at one end, and another cuff-like piece and locking device at the other; connected by three very heavy and elaborately incised links; all portions of this pair of shackles bear repeated geometric designs that are believed to be West African in origin.
place: label: Place made
content: West Africa, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: Commerce
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Trans Atlantic slave trade
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Slavery and Freedom
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.63.3
objectType: label: Type
content: shackles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/4 × 34 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (5.7 × 87.6 × 12.1 cm)