Billy Weems

Historical marker location:

Central, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Broad Street and Gaines Street, on the left when traveling west on Broad Street.)

Memories of a Loved Local.

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.