Source Chicago Historical Society collection Subject / Keywords Another slave shackle can be seen at the Kansas State Historical Society's Web site, Lesson Plans / Themes The Chicago Historical Society's Web site is at. The Darby style was first made by the Hiat Company in the late eighteenth century. The shackles shown here are of the Darby type, with barrel locks. Sometimes a leg iron was attached to a heavy ball by a chain. They took the form of leg irons, hand irons, or metal collars. Interpretation Restraints used on slaves were similar to those used on prisoners. These shackles are on display in the Chicago Historical Society exhibit, "A House Divided. This pair of iron leg shackles is typical of the kind used on Southern plantation during the mid-nineteenth century.(Copy from the Chicago Historical Society). Arm and leg shackles were the most common type of restraints, but stocks, neck collars, and the ball and chain were also used. Slaves who had been sold were also shackled while being moved to another location.
1850 Description Plantation owners and overseers used heavy iron shackles to punish and humiliate defiant slaves, both men and women and especially those who tried to run away.
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