Slave collar
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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]
Some surviving slave collars may have later been incorrectly identified as dog collars in museum collections.[4]
Gallery
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Zoninus collar, Roman slave collar dating to the 4th–5th century ADZoninus collar, Roman slave collar dating to the 4th–5th century AD
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Roman collared slavesRoman collared slaves
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Scottish serf's collar 1701Scottish serf's collar 1701
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Black boy with slave collar, 17th centuryBlack boy with slave collar, 17th century
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Slave collar, 18th centurySlave collar, 18th century
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Neck restraintNeck restraint
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Slave collar on Wilson Chinn, United States, 1863
See also
- Chains, fetters, manacles
- Page (servant)
- Representation of slavery in European art
- Slave iron bit
- Colliers and Salters (Scotland) Act 1775
- Torture of slaves in the United States
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Boffey, Daniel (18 May 2021). "Rijksmuseum slavery exhibition confronts cruelty of Dutch trade". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 9 October 2026.