Historical Marker

First Baptist Church

Historical marker location:
Sumter, South Carolina
( Marker is on East Liberty Street (U.S. 76) near North Havins Street, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1983

Baptist denomination churches religion
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.
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