Leg-irons

Leg-irons

Photograph of a set of leg-irons that were once used to restrain captives and to stop them from escaping. Being put in leg-irons was also punishment on plantations.

Slavery; Punishment devices

Royal Observatory Greenwich (National Maritime Museum)

NLJ Photograph Collection IN: Slavery and freedom

D0004287

Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Maritime Museum. Credit must be given to National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection; Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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