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Shown is a set of circa 1700s "Middle Passage Shackles" used on slave ships, on display at the new black history exhibit, "AmericaIAm: The African-American Imprint" at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009. The exhibit is scheduled to run from January 15 through May, 3, 2009.