- On View
- Slavery and Freedom Gallery
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- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- early 19th century
- Medium
- marble and metal
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 1600 lb. (725.8 kg)
- H x W x D: 14 1/2 × 28 1/2 × 41 1/4 in. (36.8 × 72.4 × 104.8 cm)
- Description
- A large gray carved marble Calc-silicate shist stone with a flattened top and bottom, squared back and sides, and a rounded front used as a slave auction block in Hagerstown, Maryland. A rectangular metal plaque is screwed to the top of the stone, with embossed text reading “GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON / AND HENRY CLAY / SPOKE FROM THIS SLAVE BLOCK / IN HAGERSTOWN / DURING THE YEAR 1830.”
- Place used
- Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment-Occupational
- Type
- pedestals
- plaques
- Topic
- Business
- Commerce
- Domestic slave trade
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Partial Gift of Mr. & Mrs. P. Sean Guy
- Object number
- 2015.213
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.