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 3/4 × 9 3/16 × 4 5/16 in. (7 × 23.3 × 10.9 cm)
Description
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, hand formed brick with black marks from firing. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces, edges, and corners. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R165], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint along the right stretcher edge of one of a brick’s faces. The same face has large patches of black firing marks near both of the header edges and there are small patches of grayish-white mortar residue at the center. The other brick face is almost entirely covered with a thick layer of mortar with the brick only partially exposed at the center. There is a small loss at one header corner and a large vertical crack running down the center of one stretcher side.
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
2017.108.21.16
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5682bc8b3-0e72-4077-9e25-9d2062cdedad

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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