Image Title:
A woman with iron horns and bells on, to keep her from running away.
Note:
“Another mode of punishment which this man [a Mr. Gooch cotton planter] adopted was, that of using iron horns, with bells, attached to the back of the slave’s neck.
This instrument he used to prevent the negroes running away, being a very ponderous machine, several feet in height, and the cross pieces being two feet four, and six feet in length. This custom is generally adopted among the slave-holders in South Carolina, and some other slave states.” [Roper, p.18 – 19]
Source:
Roper, Moses, and Thomas Price. 1838. A Narrative Of The Adventures And Escape Of Moses Roper From American Slavery. London: Darton, Harvey and Darton, p.18. Book at Google
Subject:
Slavery - Punishment - Torture - Slave - Holocaust - Maafa - African Holocaust - South Carolina - Iron Horns and Bells - Run Away - Escape - Female Slave
Date:
1838
Rights:
Public Domain
Image:
SA-SLAVPUN-22
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