William Rhett House

Historical marker location:

54 Hasell Street, Charleston, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Hasell Street and Maiden Lane, on the right when traveling east on Hasell Street.)

Marker installed: 2002

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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.