Historical Marker
Hewn-Timber Cabins
Historical marker location:
Florence, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 76 and Wallace Woods Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 76.)
Marker installed: 2002
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.