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Open Shackle
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Cincinnati, United States
This open shackle represents the freedom eventually gained by enslaved persons from the horrors of the slave trade in the United States, as embodied by the Anderson Slave Pen at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Freedom was too long in coming, but gained by most at the end of the Civil War.
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- Title: Open Shackle
- Creator: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
- Subject Keywords: Slavery--Economic aspects--United States., Slave traders, Slave-trade--Southern States.
- Rights: All rights reserved by National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
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