Museum object · Slavery and Freedom Objects
Brick from the chimney at Whitehead Plantation
ca. 1800
Southampton County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A reddish brown clay rectangular brick formerly used on the chimney of a house. The brick has several deep fissures and long cracks. There are large chunks missing, including at two different corners and in several places along one of the long side edges.
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
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Catalog reference: 2012.81
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