Richbourg Gailliard, assistant to the director of the Federal Museum, Demonstrates the use of a Bell Rack, a Contraption used by Slave Owners to guard a Runaway Slave, originally topped by a bell, which rang when the runaway would attempt to leave the road and go through foliage or trees, Mobile, Alabama, USA, 1936

Richbourg Gailliard, assistant to the director of the Federal Museum, Demonstrates the use of a Bell Rack, a Contraption used by Slave Owners to guard a Runaway Slave, originally topped by a bell, which rang when the runaway would attempt to leave the road and go through foliage or trees, Mobile, Alabama, USA, 1936 Stock Photo
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Glasshouse Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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R0A42H

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3400 x 4866 px | 28.8 x 41.2 cm | 11.3 x 16.2 inches | 300dpi

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1 June 1936

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Mobile, Alabama, USA

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Circa Images

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