Of the many cruel aspects of slavery, the shackles used to restrain and dehumanize over 12 million Africans across three ...

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Exploring a sunken slave ship was beyond any dream Michael Cottman could have imagined as a young child in his native Detroit. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, ...

It's a practice so hidden, many don't realize it exists: the shackling of incarcerated women during childbirth. Across the U.S., there are stories of women going from jails or prisons to hospitals, ...

In the spring of 2021, Russia's Interior Ministry placed a tender for nearly 15,000 sets of shackles at a cost of almost 70 million rubles ($1.1 million). "Shackles are not widely used today," a ...

In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines: “And ...

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