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 1/2 × 8 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (6.4 × 21.2 × 10.4 cm)
Description
A brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in Port Royal, Virginia. It is a solid style, sand cast brick. The rectangular brick has heavily worn surfaces and edges. There are losses at all of the edges and corners. Half of the brick is discolored to a dark reddish brown lengthwise down the center of one of the brick’s faces; divided by a black line that runs down the center of the brick. The other half of the brick's face is reddish brown. Both headers have the same discoloration. One stretcher is reddish brown and the other is discolored to dark reddish brown. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R661], is handwritten vertically in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted in the top left corner of the discolored face. The other face is mostly covered in greyish white mortar residue and have a large crack running down the face just right of center.
Place used
Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place collected
Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia, 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
2017.108.21.21
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ae54e55c-7456-4990-8976-3518a62d5c40

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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