George Fish School

Historical marker location:

406 Steele St, Fort Mill, South Carolina

( Marker is on Steele Street (State Highway 270) just south of Avery Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2019

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.