Warren County Courthouse cistern double brick made by an enslaved person
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1858
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: Old Warren County Courthouse, American, founded 1858
notes: label: Description
content: An elongated brick, or “double brick,” made by an enslaved person. The brick comes from the north-east cistern on the lawn of the Old Warren County Courthouse, Vicksburg, Mississippi. It is a solid style, extruded brick. The rectangular brick is dark reddish brown in color with worn surfaces and edges. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R167], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint in the bottom left corner one of the brick's faces. The same face has a series of hand-extruded lines running horizontally across the surface. The other face has large patches of grayish-white mortar on the surface mostly near the header edges. There are smaller patches of mortar residue on the stretchers and one header. One header edge is slightly rounded.
place: label: Place used
content: Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, 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
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1815-1861
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: 2017.108.21.18
objectType: label: Type
content: blocks (shaped masses)
label: Type
content: cisterns
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 9/16 × 13 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (6.5 × 33.4 × 11 cm)