Iron ball

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Title

Iron ball

Subject

CULTURAL HERITAGE

Description

The iron ball was part of punishment for enslaved people in Barbados. The ball would be fastened to a short chain that was shackled to an enslaved person’s legs. The enslaved person would have to continue labour whilst shackled to the ball, which could weigh from 8 – 10 lbs. Digitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

6052

Spatial Coverage

current,13.0833626,-59.6023586;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Barbados Museum and Historical Society

Europeana Type

TEXT

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

DescriptionEN

The iron ball was part of punishment for enslaved people in Barbados. The ball would be fastened to a short chain that was shackled to an enslaved person’s legs. The enslaved person would have to continue labour whilst shackled to the ball, which could weigh from 8 – 10 lbs. Digitized by Toni-Q Harris during the 2018 BMHS 3D Photogrammetry Summer Intensive

Prim Media

475

Citation

“Iron ball,” EU-LAC, accessed November 23, 2024, https://eu-lac.org/omeka/items/show/6442.

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