Fort Prince George

Historical marker location:

757 Keowee Baptist Church Road, Six Mile, South Carolina

( Marker is on Keowee Baptist Church Road, ½ mile south of Talton Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2014

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.