Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
Subject of
Old Warren County Courthouse, American, founded 1858
Date
ca. 1858
Medium
brick and cement mortar
Dimensions
H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 13 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (6.5 × 33.4 × 11 cm)
Description
An elongated brick, or “double brick,” made by an enslaved person. The brick comes from the north-east cistern on the lawn of the Old Warren County Courthouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi. It is a solid style, extruded brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces and edges. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R167], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint in the bottom left corner one of the brick's faces. The same face has a series of hand-extruded lines running horizontally across the surface. The other face has large patches of grayish-white mortar on the surface mostly near the header edges. There are smaller patches of mortar residue on the stretchers and one header. One header edge is slightly rounded.
Place used
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Place collected
Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Buildings and Structures
Type
blocks (shaped masses)
cisterns
Topic
American South
Architecture
Building Arts
Skilled labor
Slavery
U.S. History, 1815-1861
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.108.21.18
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50313b7d1-5ca4-4128-aacb-734bcc727557

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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