English brick found in the Heyward Family Cemetery
date: label: Date
content: 18th-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
notes: label: Description
content: An English brick found in the Heyward Family Cemetery near Grahamville, South Carolina. It is a solid style, sandstruck brick. The brick is dark reddish brown in color with small deposits of white residue on the brick surfaces. The brick is misshapen and has a roughly right trapezoidal shape. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R154], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint in a corner of the narrower of the brick’s faces. The other brick face is covered with heavy grayish-white mortar. The brick’s misshapen stretcher side is coarse and irregular. And the overall surface of the brick is heavily weathered and worn on all sides with minor losses along the edges.
place: label: Place used
content: Grahamville, Jasper County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Grahamville, Jasper 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: 2017.108.21.5
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 13/16 × 9 1/16 × 4 1/2 in. (7.2 × 23 × 11.5 cm)