Slave leg shackles
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumPair of leg shackles with a seven-link chain. Hinged cuffs fit around the ankles and are closed with a bolt (one bolt is missing.)
Slave shoes
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumPair of slip-on clog style shoes handmade from leather, wood and ferrous metal. The base of each shoes is carved from a single piece of wood, to which the leather upper is attached my means of ferrous…
Slave tag
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumSlave identification tag, diamond shaped whith small hole for hanging on top. Engraving on tag.
Plantation hoe blade
W. Alyndon (manufacturer)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumHoe (no handle) blade of iron.
Lincoln's drive through Richmond
Carter, Dennis Malone, 1827-1881 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas.
Emancipation Proclamation table
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumTable of mahogany with drawers having knob handles on each side. Turned legs.
Portrait of John Jones
Darling, Aaron E. (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas.
Shackles
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumPair of leg shackles with screw bolt locking device. Cuffs are connected by a 5-linked chain.
Chicago Sanitary Fair potholder
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumBurlap pot holder with red wood backing and red cotton border and loop for hanging.
Slave tag
Lafar, John Joseph, 1781-1849 (creator)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumSlave identification tag, diamond shaped whith small hole for hanging on top. Engraving on tag.
Slave tag
Lafar, John Joseph, 1781-1849 (creator)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumDiamond shaped tag with inscription: CHARLESTON/626/PORTER/1829
John Brown's commemorative medal
Wurden, Jean, 1807-1874 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumMedal of bronze.
Elijah Lovejoy's printing press
View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumFrame of printing press. Painted black. Thick coil (L:5.5') on one side. Two parallel anvil like bars on bottom of frame. Frame is supported by two pairs of legs on either side and has three grooves e…
After the sale: slaves going south from Richmond
Crowe, Eyre, 1824-1910 (artist)View Full Item in Chicago History MuseumOil on canvas.