- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
- Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
- Subject of
- Medway Plantation, American, founded 1686
- Date
- early 19th century
- Medium
- brick and cement mortar
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 8 7/8 × 4 in. (5.8 × 22.5 × 10.1 cm)
- Description
- A brick, made by an enslaved person, from the Medway Plantation, Goose Creek, South Carolina. The brick was found at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a solid style, fired brick constructed from a ground press mold. The rectangular brick is dark reddish-brown in color with surfaces that are evenly worn. The corners, edges, and stretchers are rounded and smooth and the faces are flat and smooth. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R155], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint in a corner of one of a brick’s faces. The brick surfaces have visible air bubbles and small white rock inclusions.
- Place used
- Fort Sumter, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Fort Sumter, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 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
- 2017.108.21.6
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




