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Sorry, we couldn't find anything matching "Plantation owners and overseers used heavy iron shackles to punish and humiliate defiant slaves, both men and women and especially those who tried to run away. Slaves who had been sold were also shackled while being moved to another location. Arm and leg shackles were the most common type of restraints, but stocks, neck collars, and the ball and chain were also used. This pair of iron leg shackles is typical of the kind used on Southern plantation during the mid-nineteenth century.(Copy from the Chicago Historical Society). These shackles are on display in the Chicago Historical Society exhibit, "A House Divided.".