Lot 842
Slave Leg Shackles With Original Lock. Large hand-wrought slave leg iron shackles with lock and key, c. 1800. Large size, 40 in. long when extended. with dual 4½ in. leg iron locking rings and an 8½ in. lock and key. The tapered end of the slave shackles measures 15½ in.; the lock end was placed around one end and the opposite end of the slave shackles were locked around the slave's ankles. Original brown-rust surface patina to the cast iron. (3 items).
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500.
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