Slave iron headdress description and photo

Slave iron headdress description and photo

Slave iron headdress

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.

Don’t Duck History

Portsmouth Community Colored Library Museum, Portsmouth VA

Don’t Duck History

photo taken 08-08-2015

Photo credit: Tracy Clark

Don’t Duck History

Digital photo, jpg file

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