Slave collar

Black boy wearing a slave collar (ca.1697)

A slave collar is a collar used to identify and discipline slaves.[1]

History

Slave collars have been attested to in 4th and 5th-century ancient Rome,[2] the antebellum United States,[1] and in serf populations in Scotland.[3]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Slave collar". CivilWar@Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
  2. ↑ Trimble, Jennifer (July 2016). "The Zoninus Collar and the Archaeology of Roman Slavery". American Journal of Archaeology. 120 (3). University of Chicago Press. doi:10.3764/aja.120.3.0447. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
  3. ↑ Chalmers, Iain (2025-07-26). "Coal and Salt – The Chains of Slavery". mining-landscapes.org.
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