Mather School

Historical marker location:

Beaufort, South Carolina

( Marker is on Ribaut Road (State Highway 281) 0 miles south of Reynolds Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1982

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.