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Description: | Extract from Thomas Clarkson's 'The History, Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave Trade by the British Parliament.' Clarkson was one of the leading British campaigners against slavery. Here, he describes some of the instruments of punishment used by the plantation owners: handcuffs, shackles, thumb screws and a speculum oris which was used to wrench open a person's jaw. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Publisher: | Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Clarkson, Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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