The Thumb Screw
Dublin Core
Title
The Thumb Screw
Subject
Slavery--United States.
Slaves--United States.
Plantation life--Southern States.
Description
Description of an iron wristband worn by a slave.
Creator
Parsons, C. G. (Charles Grandison), 1807-1864.
Source
Inside view of slavery : or, A tour among the planters / By C.G. Parsons, M.D., with an introductory note by Mrs. H.B. Stowe.
Publisher
Boston : John P. Jewett and Co. ; Cleveland, Ohio :, Jewett, Proctor and Worthington.
Date Created
1855.
Format
text
Extent
2 printed pages, bound.
Language
English.
Type
text
Identifier
1.Ft.334, p. 156-157.
Bibliographic Citation
Inside view of slavery : or, A tour among the planters / By C.G. Parsons, M.D., with an introductory note by Mrs. H.B. Stowe. Boston : John P. Jewett and Co. ; Cleveland, Ohio :, Jewett, Proctor and Worthington, 1855.
Provenance
Purchased for the Boston Medical Library through the Billings Fund from J. Neiburg, 1944 Nov. 1.
Files
Collection
Citation
Parsons, C. G. (Charles Grandison), 1807-1864., “The Thumb Screw,” OnView, accessed April 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17997.