- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
- Date
- 18th-20th century
- Medium
- brick
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 9/16 × 7 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (6.5 × 19 × 10.5 cm)
- Description
- A solid style, sand cast partial brick from an unknown architectural structure. The brick is rectangular in shape and is a reddish brown that is heavily mottled with grayish brown and black discolorations. The brick is missing one header and about half of the other header. One of the brick’s faces has a black burn mark that runs diagonally across the face and along the bottom of one stretcher edge to the intact corner. Half of the other face is covered with a large patch of grayish brown discoloration and white salt efflorescence. One stretcher has a rough texture and is completely discolored from black burn marks. The other stretcher has a smooth surface and is completely covered with dark gray discoloration.
- Place used
- United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- 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
- 2017.108.21.34
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




