Chesterfield Courthouse

Historical marker location:

Chesterfield, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street and Green Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.