Slave collar
Appearance

A slave collar is a collar used to identify and discipline slaves.[1]
History
[edit]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]
Gallery
[edit]- Zoninus collar, Roman slave collar dating to the 4th–5th century AD
- Roman collared slaves
- Scottish serf's collar 1701
- Black boy with slave collar, 17th century
- Slave collar, 18th century
- Neck restraint
- Slave collar on Wilson Chinn, United States, 1863
See also
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Slave collars.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Slave collar". CivilWar@Smithsonian. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2026-05-09.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Chalmers, Iain (2025-07-26). "Coal and Salt – The Chains of Slavery". mining-landscapes.org.
