Brick from the Medway Plantation made by an enslaved person
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
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
label: Subject of
content: Medway Plantation, American, founded 1686
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: Fort Sumter, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Fort Sumter, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Goose Creek, Berkeley County, 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: 2017.108.21.6
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: 2 5/16 × 8 7/8 × 4 in. (5.8 × 22.5 × 10.1 cm)