9815/12453
Home / Albums /

Thumb Screw

Thumb Screw.png Am I not a man, and a brotherThumbnailsSpeculum OrisAm I not a man, and a brotherThumbnailsSpeculum OrisAm I not a man, and a brotherThumbnailsSpeculum OrisAm I not a man, and a brotherThumbnailsSpeculum Oris
Google+ Twitter Facebook Tumblr

The thumbs are put into this instrument through the two circular holes at the top of it. By turning a key, a bar rises up by means of a screw from C to D, and the pressure upon them becomes painful. By turning it further you may make the blood start from the ends of them. By taking the key away, as at E, you leave the tortured person in agony, without any means of extricating himself, or of being extricated by others. This screw, as I was then informed, was applied by way of punishment, in case of obstinacy in the slaves, or for any other reputed offence, at the discretion of the captain.

Author
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839), by Thomas Clarkson
Dimensions
562*546
Visits
1295
Downloads
10