First Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

Winnsboro, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Congress Street and College Street, on the left when traveling south on Congress Street.)

Marker installed: 1990

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.