Chain Gang Collection

GEORGIA: CHAIN GANG. Chain gang prisoners and guards rest against a fence, Thomasville, Georgia. Photograph, c1890

A Hobart chain-gang, a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form
5614423 A Hobart chain-gang, a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment; (add.info.: A Hobart chain-gang)

Convicts returning from work, Richmond penitentiary, 1882. Creator: Unknown
Convicts returning from work, Richmond penitentiary, 1882

Convicts pulling a boat along the Volga River, Russia, 1873 (colour litho)
CHT195296 Convicts pulling a boat along the Volga River, Russia, 1873 (colour litho) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Black convicts on a chain-gang at work in Georgia (engraving)
PNP247611 Black convicts on a chain-gang at work in Georgia (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chain gang, Soo-Chow (Suzhou), China, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Chain gang, Soo-Chow (Suzhou), China, late 19th or early 20th century. A chain gang wearing cangues, which record their crime. Stereoscopic card. Detail

AUSTRALIA: CONVICTS, 1827. A chain gang at work in Australia. Watercolor, 1827

CHAIN GANG, 1910. A convict chain gang in a mobile prison wagon in North Carolina. The inmates live in the wagons and are moved to different places to work as needed. Photograph, 1910

CHAIN GANG, c1903. A group of juvenile convicts on a chain gang, at work in the fields. Photograph, c1903

GEORGIA: CHAIN GANG. African American man sitting against a tree with legs chained, Thomasville, Georgia. Photograph, c1890

GEORGIA: CHAIN GANG. The Chain Gang, Thomasville, Georgia. Photograph by Joseph John Kirkbride, c1884-1891

A Hobart chain-gang, a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934

View Willige Rasphuis Amsterdam Willige Rasphuys
View of the Willige Rasphuis in Amsterdam The Willige Rasphuys, after seeing the Oosterkerk in Amsterdam / La Prison Volontaire cote de l osterkerk a Amsterdam (title on object)

CHAIN GANG, c1905. A group of convicts on the chain gang, somewhere in the American South. Photograph, c1905

GEORGIA: CHAIN GANG, 1892. African American prisoners on a chain gang do work while a guard watches, near Augusta, Georgia, April 1892

Working On The Chain Gang
Macon, Georgia March 8, 1937 A Bibb County chain gang with picks and shovels returns from work for the day. The county recently instituted an eight hour day for the convicts

CHAIN GANG. African American convicts working in a labor prison camp in the rural south. Photograph, c1930-1950

Reformed ministers in Hungary condemned to toil, 1674, print maker: Jan Luyken, Pieter van der Aa I, 1698

RUSSIA: CONVICTS, c1885. Russian convicts eating lunch by a roadside in Siberia. Photographed c1885

GEORGIA: CHAIN GANG. Prisoners with two mules work on roadbed between electrical and telephone poles, Georgia, photographed c1899

CHAIN GANG, c1898. A Southern chain gang. Photograph by Carl Weis, c1898

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"From the Volga to Georgia, across Africa and China: A glimpse into the world of chain gangs throughout history" Witness the arduous journey along the Volga River in Russia as convicts pull a boat, bound together by chains. (1873) Delve into the dark past of Georgia, where black convicts toil on a chain gang under harsh conditions. (Engraving) Step back in time to witness a slave gang crossing the unforgiving African Desert, their bodies weighed down by heavy chains. (c1881-85) Explore Soo-Chow in China during the late 19th or early 20th century and discover a chain gang enduring hard labor while chained together. (Artist: Underwood & Underwood) Examine an intricate ivory horn depicting slaves shackled in chains, serving as a haunting reminder of human suffering. Experience life inside a mobile prison wagon as North Carolina's convict chain gang travels through towns, marking an era of punishment and control. (1910) Uncover an unsettling sight - juvenile convicts on a chain gang working tirelessly in fields, highlighting societal struggles with youth delinquency at that time. (c1903) Contemplate the profound impact of oppression as you observe an African American man sitting against a tree with his legs painfully chained within Georgia's Chain Gang system. Capture Joseph John Kirkbride's poignant photograph showcasing The Chain Gang in Thomasville, Georgia - offering insight into one community's approach to criminal justice. Travel back to Hobart where prisoners are bound together forming a chain-gang; their unity tested through menial tasks and physical hardships as punishment for their crimes. (The Martyrs of Tolpuddle) Bonus: Explore how advanced technology has transformed society since those days – from AI to augmented reality – leaving behind some remnants of the past, like chain gangs.