I [was] much astonished and shocked at this contrivance, which I afterwards learned was called the iron muzzle." Slave with Iron Muzzle is an illustration from the 1839 publication, Souvenirs d'un ...

“They used the iron branding, put it into fire… then wrote the name of the slave master either on the chest or back of the slave,” he said. “That’s why they made us believe slaves didn ...