General John McQueen

Historical marker location:

Bennettsville, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of S. Marlboro St. and E, Main Street on S. Marlboro St..)

Marker installed: 1972

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.