Wrist Irons worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators
National Museum of American History

Wrist Irons worn by the Abraham Lincoln Conspirators

Lincoln, Abraham

iron (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

These wrist irons confined the Lincoln conspirators. Emotions were so strong that the defendants were bound—with the exception of Mary Surratt, the only woman—even during the trial.

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