Historical Marker

Willington

Historical marker location:
Willington, South Carolina
( Marker is on SC Highway 81, on the right when traveling north.)

A South Carolina Railroad Village.

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.