Artefact: 'Negroes Sunday-Market at Antigua' This coloured etching dates from 1806 and shows a Sunday market run by slaves in Antigua.
Artefact: Ownership manacle (lock and key) This metal band would be locked onto an enslaved person
Artefact: Punishment collar Slaves were punished in a number of ways, including being made to wear grotesque punishment collars.
Artefact: 'Rosa ordered to be flogged' This wood engraving shows an artist
Artefact: Carved wooden figure This figure is of an enslaved African breaking free of his chains in what may be seen as a symbolic gesture.
Artefact: 'Sale of Slaves by Auction' This print from 1787 shows how Africans were sold when they arrived in the Americas.
Artefact: 'Separation of Families' This print, published in 1787, shows individuals on the plantations being forcibly separated from family or friends.
Artefact: Silver whip This whip made of chased silver and leather was owned by a lady and would have been used to punish domestic slaves for minor transgressions in their work.
Artefact: Slave sale poster, 1829 This is a poster from 1829 advertising a slave auction.
Artefact: Sugar cane Sugar cane is a member of the grass family but the stalks can grow up to five metres tall and are extremely tough.