Brick from Harriet Tubman Home

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 solid clay brick, a medium beige in color, with uneven edges and surfaces, taken from the brick house built built and kept by Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman. Unven coloring throughout.

Catalog date

1880-1882

Recorded places

Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Building Arts; Communities; Labor; Slavery; Social reform

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