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.