Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
Date
before 1863
Medium
brick and cement mortar
Dimensions
H x W x D: 3 1/16 × 9 9/16 × 5 3/16 in. (7.8 × 24.3 × 13.2 cm)
Description
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, sand cast brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges, and corners. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R162], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint in the bottom left corner one of the brick fragment’s faces. The same face is darkened to a gray/black color along the left header edge. A grayish-white, sandy mortar covers two-thirds of the other face and half of both of the stretchers. Two corners have chipped off from the same side of one of the headers. The bricks’ headers have small patches of mortar residue.
Place used
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place collected
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Buildings and Structures
Type
blocks (shaped masses)
Topic
American South
Architecture
Building Arts
Skilled labor
Slavery
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.108.21.13
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57c1290bd-c902-47d0-8e0f-cc4294d325d9

Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu

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