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: 2 15/16 × 9 3/16 × 4 7/16 in. (7.4 × 23.3 × 11.2 cm)
Description
A large partial 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 and edges. The header edges have diagonally sheared off from both sides of the brick, giving the fragment a trapezoidal profile. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R163], 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 has a large loss at bottom right corner and patches of grayish-white mortar on the surface. There are similar patches on both stretchers and a large patch on one of the headers.
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
2017.108.21.14
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd518339ea9-9c6b-4bbf-aadd-a14a9e3d12fe

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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