A crucial tool of the slave trade, shackles evoke an ugly part of America’s past

Written By Roots 101 African American Museum

Founder Lamont Collins asks willing visitors to feel the cold metal bite their wrists, using the painful weight as a teaching tool about captivity, punishment and stolen freedom.

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-19/crucial-tool-of-slave-trade-shackles-evoke-ugly-part-of-americas-past

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