- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- 1845-1855
- Medium
- metal
- Dimensions
- Shackles: 2 5/8 × 19 × 8 in. (6.7 × 48.3 × 20.3 cm)
- Key: 1/2 × 3/4 × 8 1/8 in. (1.3 × 1.9 × 20.6 cm)
- Description
- Metal shackle connected by a four link chain to a pair of metal loops. Shackle has a small hole for a key. Key (.2) consists of as thin piece of metal with small loop at end the faces forward. A flat loop is found at the opposite end of the key.
- Place collected
- Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- keys (hardware)
- shackles
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.11.1-.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




