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463. SLAVE LEG SHACKLES Arare pair of hand-forged iron slave leg shackles, 15 1/2" long overall and eachshackle about 3 1/2" wide, with a fixing split ring at one end. These shackles,recovered from a very large Georgia plantation, date from the late 1700's andare identical in construction to those found in slave ship wrecks of the sametime. Consigned to us by a major Louisiana slave-relic collector/dealer. Achilling reminder a more brutal aspect of our country's history. $1,000- 1,500

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November 28, 2007 11:00 AM EST
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