Tanos's pictures (394)

In addition to the pictures below, there are pages dedicated to images of Prisons, Slave Markets, and Coffles and slave chains; and raw Photostreams with some of my photographs.

8 Dec 06	Slave coffle This mid-nineteenth century engraving is probably associated with David Livingston's expeditions to East Africa, partly to document and help suppress the slave trade there. Most of the men are placed in "Goree sticks", with their necks held in a Y-shaped tree branch by an iron bolt or leather strap.
8 Dec 06	Turks leading captives This German woodcut from 1530 shows two female slaves in iron collars, being led by Turkish sipahis or landed cavalry officers, similar to medieval knights. In this period, the Ottoman Turks occupied much of south eastern Europe, and were aggressively trying to expand. When they did, their practice was to take slaves from the non-Muslim occupants of conquered territories. [more...]
8 Dec 06	Turks leading captives Two female slaves lead by Turks with rope halters on their necks. [more...]
1 Dec 06	"Egyptian Recruits Crossing the Desert" by J.L. Gerome, 1857 Peasants conscripted from the south of the country marching north across the desert, guarded by a soldier from the Albanian province of the Ottoman Empire. The recruits are treated as little better than slaves themselves, and are paired off with their wrists in stocks. [more...]
26 Nov 06	Types of wrist and ankle irons
26 Nov 06	Types of slave shackle
1 Jul 09	Flyprod with extension Discussed in my Making a "Flyprod" weblog post.
1 Jul 09	Flyprod power unit and extension Discussed in my Making a "Flyprod" weblog post.
1 Jul 09	Flyprod construction Discussed in my Making a "Flyprod" weblog post.
1 Jul 09	Flyprod components Discussed in my Making a "Flyprod" weblog post.
25 Nov 06	Warua slave-driver and slave A man of the warlike Warua tribe marching a hooded female slave ahead of him. I'm not familiar with any other images of slaves being transported on foot while hooded. However, it's tempting to speculate that it makes a single slave easier to manage, whereas it requires too much effort on the driver's part when a coffle of multiple slaves is involved. [more...]

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