Slave Artifacts
Text: This iron headdress made moving through the woods problematic. Vines and branches often twisted and became entwined around the tops of the headdress entangling and trapping the person on whose head it had been fastened and who had atempted to run away. How would you have appeared in such an apparatus fastened to your head to prevent your escape? Many men and women attempted to escape slavery more than one time. Many of them ran away by themselves, while others took their children with them. Courtesy of Dr. John Joyce.
Iron headdress.
Text: Try lifting the iron ball to feel the weight of this object used to keep enslaved people immobile. Enslaved people were considered valuable property. Balls and chains kept them from running away.
