Slavery. The word conjures images of people in leg irons. We think of the abolitionists who toiled centuries ago in lands far away to abolish this horrific practice.

DALLAS >> The leg irons that restrained Torrington-born abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., have sold at auction for $13,145. Dallas ...

Leg irons used during the slave era of this country were not placarded, as yours are, a dead giveaway that they are fantasy items. Black memorabilia is a large category of specific collector interest.

DALLAS (AP) — The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., have sold at auction for $13,145.

The first leg of the voyage carried a cargo that often included iron, cloth, brandy, firearms, and gunpowder. ... The slaves were branded with hot irons and restrained with shackles.

Leg irons are widely referred to as shackles, foot cuffs or fetters and is a mechanism of physical restraint used on the feet or ankles to allow walking but prevent running and kicking. Colonial ...

Cruz: Alright, you're refusing to answer. If you look at - she was lying. And she was not lying on her own. She was lying on behalf of the President United States.

She wasn't kept in leg irons, but she might as well have been." As a child, Candace was close to Lola, understood her to be a housekeeper and integral part of her family. "Yeah, 'slave' doesn't ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but two historical ...

DALLAS >> The leg irons that restrained Torrington-born abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., have sold at auction for $13,145. Dallas ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. >> The leg irons that restrained Torrington-born abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. >> The leg irons that restrained Torrington-born abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but ...