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A Crucial Tool of the Slave Trade, Shackles Evoke an Ugly Part of America's Past
Founder Lamont Collins says the museum uses the shackles as a hands-on lesson about slavery’s brutality and the transatlantic slave trade.
- At the Roots 101 Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, founder Lamont Collins places 400-year-old shackles from Ghana on visitors' wrists to offer a visceral history lesson about the African American experience.
- For European and American slave traders, shackles functioned as tools to restrain over 12 million Africans across three centuries, serving as both punishment and deterrent in the transatlantic slave trade.
- White men and women have cried after trying the restraints; some decline as Collins cinches them on their wrists. He challenges hesitant guests: "Why I can't put these on you for two seconds and we had them on for 200 years."
- Last year, video of Collins placing the restraints on a visitor's wrists gained attention on social media, demonstrating the practice's power as a deep learning tool for understanding slavery's reality.
- Collins believes some visitors resist discussing history through a racial lens, observing that "a lot of people think they want to know the story" but prefer it within their own boundaries.
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A crucial tool of the slave trade, shackles evoke an ugly part of America’s past
PHOENIX (AP) — Of the many cruel aspects of slavery, the shackles used to restrain and dehumanize over 12 million Africans across three centuries may be the most visceral tangible reminder. At the …
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A crucial tool of the slave trade, shackles evoke an ugly part of America's past
Of the many cruel aspects of slavery, the shackles used to restrain and dehumanize over 12 million Africans across three centuries may be the most visceral tangible reminder.
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