Huck's Defeat

Historical marker location:

McConnells, South Carolina

( Marker is on Brattonsville Road, ½ mile south of McConnells Highway (South Carolina Highway 322), on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2001

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.