Kelton

Historical marker location:

657 Pea Ridge Highway, Jonesville, South Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Pea Ridge Highway (State Highway S44-13) and State Highway S44-260, on the left when traveling east on Pea Ridge Highway.)

Marker installed: 1998

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.