Capt. Samuel Earle

Historical marker location:

Seneca, South Carolina

( Marker is on SC Highway 59, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2005

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.