Marion Square

Historical marker location:

Charleston, South Carolina

( Marker is on King Street (Route 104).)

Marker installed: 1941

Named in Honor of. General Francis Marion.

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.