A Port of Entry for Enslaved Africans - 10 views
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Bob Maloy on 26 Nov 10The South Carolina Lowcountry has been called the "Ellis Island for Africans" notes this website focusing on Charleston, South Carolina's African American heritage. It has been estimated that as many as 40 to 60 percent of the Africans who were brought to America during the slave trade entered through ports in the Lowcountry.