Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel

Historical marker location:

Walhalla, South Carolina

( Marker is on Stumphouse Tunnel Road.)

The Mountain that Defeated the Rail Line.

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.