Solomon Blatt, Sr.

Historical marker location:

141 Main Street, Barnwell, South Carolina

( Marker is on Main Street (State Highway 70), on the right when traveling west.)

1895-1986.

South Carolina was a major center of the transatlantic slave trade. Charleston was one of the busiest ports for the importation of enslaved Africans in North America, with an estimated 40% of all enslaved Africans brought to the United States passing through the city.