Howard School

Historical marker location:

Georgetown, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Duke Street and King Street, on the left when traveling east on Duke Street.)

Marker installed: 1986

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.