Could it be slave shackle remnants? Opinions wanted!

[beetle662]

Dug this yesterday, about 10 feet from the outside of the slave house on the property I am hunting. They were about 6 inches deep.

This place is obviously known to have kept slaves during the 1800's. My first thought was that these were indeed slave shackles, but then I thought maybe about some sort of farm implement. However, the more I look at these, the more I think they are shackles. The size of the chainlinks (what's left) appears to be too thin to have been made for any kind of heavy duty farm usage. I realize that theses shackles are not in their entirety, but comparing pics with images online I do see alot of similarities. Also, this place has a blacksmith shop on it, and I believe they may have been forged here by the owner.

I am not doing anything with these until I know for sure. I don't want to deteriorate them any more than they already are.

Open for ideas, suggestions, and comments! Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[shaun7]

you flash git

i can't even resize that pic let alone put a speach bubble in it

 

[Steve_UK]

you flash git

i can't even resize that pic let alone put a speach bubble in it

Adobe Photoshop Elements... Great bit of kit for the money.

 

[stefen]

So they are cow shackles?

Was the cow a slave?

Maybe it depends on the cow's country of origin...

 

[Jack(IN)]

Hey,

I found a pic of slave shackles...atleast this looks like the standard.

Very sad part of our history. sometimes I wish I could punch my ancestors for doing what they did!

Slaves go back long before there was a United States, I understand our "recent" history, but it wasn't invented by us so make sure when you slap that you have room for many peoples of all colors!!

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Wow that's pretty cool. Is that "handle" an intact piece of fabric or cloth? You'd think that that would have deteriorated if it had been in the ground for a while but who knows. Just because they may have been forged in the 1800s doesn't mean that they were dropped a long time ago. Anyway, neat find!

 

[Peeber]

Just looked at a pair of "vintage kicking hobbles" on eBay's. Looks just like the ones we had on the farm and pretty much what you got.

 

[Roger Mn.]

http://www.kshs.org/cool/shackle.htm

 

[zaxfire69]

Here you go scroll through the pictures and see if you can find some shackles that might resemble yours. I saw one of the pics had one similar. So hard to tell. Found this website looking for Slave Shackles.

http://www.originalancestors.com/artifact_gallery.htm

 

[BuckleBoy]

So they are cow shackles?

Was the cow a slave?

Are cow tags now worth money?

Looks like I finally hit the jackpot.

 

[woody50]

So they are cow shackles?
Was the cow a slave?

Yes Plehbah, all domesticated animals raised for food are slaves for sure.

 

[briankb70]

That's just made me spit my coffee over the keyboard...

However.. if they were cow shackles, why the extra chain linking it to another cuff?

Surely they don't cuff cows front legs too? That would be just plain kinky.


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good one

 

[jeff of pa]

I would Think An Expert on Cows or Slavery Would
Be able to tell From
the Lenghth of the Chain

Other then that

Location,Location,Location to nail the possability down fruther.

Location : outside of the slave house on the property.

Location : this place has a blacksmith shop on it

Location : was there a Dairy Farm there ?
or at least Cows ?

Other then that, I Don't know if
Human DNA Could be found on such a thing of that age
or what the cost would be if it could

 

[trish76642]

well its definately a shackle thats for sure..i've seen Slave shackes before they just didnt look like that. I saw one once that belonged to a slave mother and a smaller one attached to it that they put on a child...that one nearly killed me...almost made me sick to my stomach.

 

[Peeber]

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-METAL-MILK-COW-HOBBLES_W0QQitemZ370190399968QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFolk_Art?hash=item370190399968&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50#ebayphotohosting

Check it out, even has the large round ring.
(scroll down)

 

[Gilligan]

If they are, he had some really narrow ankles!

 

[ModernMiner]

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-METAL-MILK-COW-HOBBLES_W0QQitemZ370190399968QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFolk_Art?hash=item370190399968&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50#ebayphotohosting

Check it out, even has the large round ring.
(scroll down)

Looks like Peeber hit the nail on the head. Great ID Peeber.
-MM-