Historical Marker
The State House
Historical marker location:
Columbia, South Carolina
( Marker can be reached from Gervais Street (U.S. 1 & 378) near Main Street.)
Marker installed: 1999
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.