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EntityQ1172972· pop 16· linked from 42 articles

thumbscrew

Also known as thumb screw

torture instrument for crushing digits

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British Empire

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early modern period

Tsardom of Russia

Artemisia Gentileschi

Privy Council of the United Kingdom

Olaudah Equiano

Orazio Gentileschi

Thomas Clarkson

Ottobah Cugoano

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