Census showing residents of Yonkers By Dennis Richmond Jr. A conversation about slavery is never easy. It is an open wound, a ...

This image of Susan L. Watson appeared in the Syracuse Sunday Herald on July 26, 1896. The "breaker" of Jerry's shackles ...

Chain gangs minimized the cost of guarding prisoners, but exposed prisoners to painful ulcers and dangerous infections from the heavy shackles around their ankles. An individual’s misstep or ...

"That was the shackle that inspired my husband to want to collect more slave shackles." This is an extensive collection that doesn't sugarcoat slavery and its impact throughout hundreds of years.

visitors encounter shackles and chains used in forts and castles along the African coast to hold humans before their horrific journey. A small replica of a slave boat illustrates how captives were ...