A British Sailor removing the leg irons off a Swahili slave, who had worn those iron shackles for three years, Oman, 1907

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Total-Annihilation: Christ. Pictures and stories like these remind me that, even with all the gripes and stresses in my life, I have it pretty damned good.

Polardragon44: What is the context for this picture. Why was he in chains so long? And why was he freed?