The Seattle Medium: One Of The Most Prolific Slave Trading Ports In The US Will Finally Open As A Museum
(CNN) — One of America’s most prolific slave trading ports is to open as a museum after more than two decades of planning in Charleston, South Carolina.
The International African American Museum will open the weekend of January 21, 2023, the museum announced Wednesday.
The 150,000-square-foot facility will be at the former site of Gadsden’s Wharf. About a mile from City Hall, Gadsden’s Wharf is where slave ships docked for years and unloaded at least 100,000 slaves.
