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["Log-yokes" to prevent slaves from escaping.]

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1231768


Item data

Title

["Log-yokes" to prevent slaves from escaping.]

Collection

The penitential tyrant; or, Slave trader reformed: a pathetic poem, in four cantos.

Names

Branagan, Thomas, 1774-1843 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1807
Place: New York
Publisher: Printed and sold by Samuel Wood, no. 362, Pearl-street

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 821-B (Branagan, T. Penitential tyrant)

Subjects

Enslaved persons -- Torture
Slavery
Physical restraints
Yokes

Genres

Illustrations

Physical Description

Engravings

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR2039889-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11687908
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b231b540-c608-012f-623c-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1807

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "["Log-yokes" to prevent slaves from escaping.]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1807. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b231b540-c608-012f-623c-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1807). ["Log-yokes" to prevent slaves from escaping.] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b231b540-c608-012f-623c-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "["Log-yokes" to prevent slaves from escaping.]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b231b540-c608-012f-623c-58d385a7bc34

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