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: 1 7/8 × 8 5/16 × 3 13/16 in. (4.7 × 21.1 × 9.7 cm)
Description
A Flemish brick from an unknown architectural structure in Charleston, South Carolina, made by an enslaved person. It is a solid style, fired terracotta brick. The rectangular brick is brownish red in color with grayish-white, Portland cement mortar residue on five (5) sides. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R152], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint in a corner of one of the faces of the brick. The brick is heavily weathered and worn on all sides and there is a significant loss along the stretcher edge of the plain face of the brick. The brick is slightly curved towards the header ends.
Place collected
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place used
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
2017.108.21.3
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53e872013-78d1-4bc5-bdb8-2fc1f40f5900

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