Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Freed Slave, 1907

A British merchant removes restraints from a slave's ankle in 1907. Over 3.4 million Africans were brought to North America by British slave traders over the course of 245 years. Slavery was abolished in the early 1900s, which is when this image was captured.

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