"Ranaway, Edmund Coleman—it is supposed he must have iron shackles on his ankles."
Mr. Francis Durett, Lexington, Alabama, in the "Huntsville Democrat," March 8, 1838.
"Ranaway ——, a mulatto—had on when he left, a pair of handcuffs and a pair of drawing chains."
B.W. Hodges, jailor, Pike county, Alabama, in the "Montgomery Advertiser," Sept. 29, 1837.
"Committed to jail, a man who calls his name John—he has a clog of iron on his right foot which will weigh four or five pounds."
P. Bayhi captain of police, in the N.O. "Bee," June 9, 1838.
"Detained at the police jail, the negro wench Myra—has several marks of lashing, and has irons on her feet."
Mr. Charles Kernin, parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, in the N.O. "Bee," August 11, 1837.
"Ranaway, Betsey—when she left she had on her neck an iron collar."
The foregoing advertisements are sufficient for our purpose, scores of similar ones may be gathered from the newspapers of the slave states every month.