- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of
- Turner, Nat, American, 1800 - 1831
- Whitehead, Margaret, American, 1813 - 1831
- Date
- ca. 1800
- Medium
- clay brick
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 3/4 x 4 x 8 1/16 in. (7 x 10.2 x 20.5 cm)
- Description
- A reddish brown clay rectangular brick formerly used on the chimney of a house. The brick has several deep fissures and long cracks. There are large chunks missing, including at two different corners and in several places along one of the long side edges.
- Place collected
- Southampton County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Topic
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Resistance
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.81
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




