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Single handcuff Long Caption: Single steel handcuff. On board slave ships, captive Africans were kept below decks for the vast majority of the time. Men, women and children were segregated. Men were usually kept shackled, handcuffed in pairs by their wrists and with iron leg rings riveted to their ankles. Frequently they had such little space that they could only lie on their sides and could not sit or stand up. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund Object: ZBA2456 Artist: unknown Date: circa 1810 Medium: iron Size: 102 mm x 102 mm x 25 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.