Talk:Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

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[edit] Slavery?

Was Sullivan's Island not the location of a major dock and holding pen for importing African slaves during the time of slaves in America? I believe there is a large plaque on the coast mentioning this. I heard someone claim that "half the slaves imported into America" landed there. Surely such a significant place in American history deservers some mention. -- Corvus 03:18, 9 October

This is true. I live on SI, I will go transcribe and post the text from the plaque, which at least acknowledges this aspect of history. There has been surprisingly little written about this aspect of the Island, perhaps because any possible archaelogical sites are now covered by million dollar houses, so I'm not exactly sure if I could find reliable sources to cite the location and chronology of the so-called "pest house". Cheers--Balloutofcontrol 09:13, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I found a link that has some info regarding slavery and South Carolina, but it only briefly mentions Sullivan's Island. The text is as follows:

After their horrific "Middle Passage," over 40% of the African slaves reaching the British colonies before the American Revolution passed through South Carolina. Almost all of these slaves entered the Charleston port, being briefly quarantined on Sullivan's Island, before being sold in Charleston's slave markets.

Here is the link as well: http://www.sciway.net/hist/chicora/slavery18-2.html. If I find more, I'll post it here.72.78.172.138 (talk) 05:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)