Historical Marker
Kingville
Historical marker location:
Kingville, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Griffin Creek Road (State Highway 40-489) and Kingville Road, on the right when traveling south on Griffin Creek Road.)
Marker installed: 2010
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.