A woman with iron horns and bells on, to keep her from running away

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497430

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Title

A woman with iron horns and bells on, to keep her from running away

Collection

Slavery
Slave trade

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1857 - 1997 (Approximate)

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Slavery

Subjects

Slavery -- United States
Enslaved persons -- Social conditions
Slave trade -- United States
Physical restraints
Punishment & torture -- African-Americans
Fugitive slaves -- United States
Enslaved women

Genres

Illustrations

Notes

Content: Slavery photograph collection

Physical Description

Extent: 21 cm. x 26 cm.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16104370
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3c3b33c0-c6f6-012f-2ea9-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "A woman with iron horns and bells on, to keep her from running away" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857 - 1997. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c3b33c0-c6f6-012f-2ea9-58d385a7bc34

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1857 - 1997). A woman with iron horns and bells on, to keep her from running away Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c3b33c0-c6f6-012f-2ea9-58d385a7bc34

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "A woman with iron horns and bells on, to keep her from running away" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c3b33c0-c6f6-012f-2ea9-58d385a7bc34

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