Historical Marker
The Big Apple
Historical marker location:
1000 Hampton Street, Columbia, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Hampton Street and Park Street, on the right when traveling east on Hampton Street.)
Marker installed: 1987
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.