26th Inf Division

Historical marker location:

3319 Jackson Blvd, Columbia, South Carolina

( Marker is on Jackson Boulevard near Cleburne Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.