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  • Tags: Punishment devices

An iron gibbet on which rebellious slaves awaited a slow and painful death

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An iron gibbet, used to punish and torture rebellious slaves to death, on display at the Museum of the Institute of Jamaica.

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An interior view of a Jamaica House of Correction

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A photographic print showing enslaved Africans being tortured by various means in a Jamaica House of Correction.

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