Square brick made by an enslaved person
date: label: Date
content: before 1863
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
notes: label: Description
content: A square brick, made by an enslaved person, from an unknown architectural structure in St. Martinsville, Louisiana. It is a solid style, press molded brick with scrape marks on the back. The brick is reddish brown in color with worn surfaces. The brick has significant losses on three edges and one face giving the brick a right trapezoidal profile. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R164], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint along center of the brick’s damaged face. At the center of the same face is a heel-shaped impression. The other brick face is a brighter red color with small patches of grayish-white mortar on the surface.
place: label: Place used
content: Saint Martinville, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Saint Martinville, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.21.15
objectType: label: Type
content: blocks (shaped masses)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: brick and cement mortar
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 × 8 15/16 × 8 13/16 in. (7.6 × 22.7 × 22.4 cm)