English brick from the Yeamans Hall land grant
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
label: Subject of
content: Yeamans Hall Plantation, American, 1674 - 1900
notes: label: Description
content: An English brick found on land originally a part of Yeamans Hall land grant on Goose Creek in Hanahan, South Carolina. It is a solid style rectangular brick, hand molded with a press mold. The brick is dark reddish brown in color with small deposits of white residue on the brick surfaces. The plain brick face has a tide mark of a heavy white residue covering over half of the surface. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R153], 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 with minor losses along the edges and a chipped corner at one header. The brick surfaces all have minor pitting and air bubbles.
place: label: Place used
content: Hanahan, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Hanahan, 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: 2017.108.21.4
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 3/16 × 9 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (8.1 × 24 × 11.5 cm)