Slave chain and lash used by the slave masters on the slaves in the West Indies.
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Title
Slave chain and lash used by the slave masters on the slaves in the West Indies.
Collection
Twenty-eight years a slave : or, The story of my life in three continents
Names
Johnson, Thomas L. (Thomas Lewis), 1836-1921 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1909
Place: Bournemouth
Publisher: W. Mate
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc B-Johnson, T. (Johnson, T. Twenty-eight years a slave)
Subjects
African American missionaries
Johnson, Thomas L. (Thomas Lewis), 1836-1921
Chains
West Indies
Slavery
Shackles
Genres
Languages
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433021598598
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR3945818-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11769820
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c401bef0-c62c-012f-77a9-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1909
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Slave chain and lash used by the slave masters on the slaves in the West Indies." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c401bef0-c62c-012f-77a9-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1909). Slave chain and lash used by the slave masters on the slaves in the West Indies. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c401bef0-c62c-012f-77a9-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Slave chain and lash used by the slave masters on the slaves in the West Indies." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c401bef0-c62c-012f-77a9-58d385a7bc34
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