Pee Dee Church

Historical marker location:

Dillon, South Carolina

( Marker is on Pee Dee Church Road (Local Route 17-44) 3 miles south of Dillon Highway (South Carolina Highway 9), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1986

American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site.

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.