John Caldwell Calhoun

Historical marker location:

Charleston, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from Church Street north of Queen Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1884

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.