Gadsden's Wharf and the slave trade into Charleston

Charleston was the main port of entry for enslaved Africans in North America; perhaps 40% of all those brought to what became the United States arrived through it, many to labour on rice and indigo plantations. In the final rush before the federal ban of 1808, many thousands landed at Gadsden's Wharf. Sales between owners continued in the city until the Civil War.