Flemish 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 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: label: Place collected
content: Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Charleston, South Carolina, 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: 2017.108.21.3
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: 1 7/8 × 8 5/16 × 3 13/16 in. (4.7 × 21.1 × 9.7 cm)