Slavery - device - punishment - bell rack - cruel
Richbourg Gailliard, assistant to the director of the Federal Museum, Demonstrates the use of a Bell Rack, a Contraption used by Slave Owners to guard a Runaway Slave, originally topped by a bell, which rang when the runaway would attempt to leave the road and go through foliage or trees, Mobile, Alabama, USA, 1936
Picture No
12097423
Media ID
45716981
Size
3400px x 4866px
(1.6MB)
Credit
© Mary Evans / Glasshouse Images
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only - No Model Release
Source
Circa Images Collection - Glasshouse Images
Date
1936
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Alabama Contraption Cruel Demonstrates Mobile Owners Rack Rang Runaway Topped
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