Brick fragment from Goatfield Plantation
date: label: Date
content: 18th 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: Goatfield Plantation, American
notes: label: Description
content: A brick fragment from Goatfield Plantation, currently known as Brick House Plantation. The fragment is constructed from unfired mudbrick with tiny black rock inclusions. The dark reddish-brown fragment is bell-shaped with two flattened sides, and the surface is roughly textured and pockmarked with air bubbles. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R180], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white paint on the bottom, center of one side of the fragment. There are small patches of white on several of the fragment’s surfaces.
place: label: Place used
content: Cordesville, Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Cordesville, 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: 2017.108.21.19
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: 2 1/16 × 2 7/8 × 2 3/8 in. (5.2 × 7.3 × 6 cm)