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Slave manacles

 Collection — mu: 902
Identifier: 1543

Scope and content

Leg shackles from the city jail in Richmond, Virginia, with metal tag dated May, 1865.

Dates

  • circa 1865.

Extent

1 items. (1 item.)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Julia A. Wilbur, Avon, N.Y. Method of acquisition--Gift of.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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Cornell University
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