Patjens Post Office

Historical marker location:

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Pitt Street and Bank Street on Pitt Street.)

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.