Midtown - Downtown in Columbia in Richland County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

African-American History Monument

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

1. African-American History Monument
South Panel

Inscription.
[South Panel]: Gang of 25 Sea Island
Cotton and Rice Negroes
by Louis De Saussure
On Thursday, the 25th Sept., 1852, at 11 o'clock A.M. will be sold by Ryan's Mart, in Chalmers Street, in the City of Charleston,
A prime gang of 25 Negroes accustomed
to the culture of Sea Island Cotton and
Rice

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: African Americans. A significant historical date for this entry is September 25, 1852.

Location. 34° 0.031′ N, 81° 1.946′ W. Marker is in Columbia, South Carolina, in Richland County. It is in Midtown - Downtown. Marker can be reached from Sumter Street. Monument is located on the east side of the South Carolina Statehouse Grounds. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Columbia SC 29201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 10 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The State House (within shouting distance of this marker); George Washington (Statue) (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Senate Street (about 300 feet away); Memory of South Carolina Generals (about 300 feet away); Spanish-American War Veterans Monument (about 300 feet away); Richardson Square (about 300 feet away); Trinity Episcopal Church

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(about 300 feet away); Sherman’s Artillery (about 400 feet away); Quoin-Stones (about 400 feet away); The State House of South Carolina (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

2. African-American History Monument
South Panel

African-American History Monument<br>South Panel Showing image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

3. African-American History Monument
South Panel Showing

Slavery, the Civil War, Emancipation

African-American History Monument<br>Center Display and Obelisk image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

4. African-American History Monument
Center Display and Obelisk

Center display shows four stones from the four African countries where most of South Carolina's imported slave population came from.

African-American History Monument<br>Center Display Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

5. African-American History Monument
Center Display Detail

Each rubbing stone is from an African country that supplies slaves for South Carolina's plantation.

Rock from Senegal image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

6. Rock from Senegal

Rock from Sierra Leone image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

7. Rock from Sierra Leone

Rock from Ghana image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

8. Rock from Ghana

Rock from The Congo image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

9. Rock from The Congo

African-American History Monument<br>North Panel Showing image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

10. African-American History Monument
North Panel Showing

Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Desegregation, Equal Rights Law

African-American History Monument<br>North Panel image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

11. African-American History Monument
North Panel

African-American History Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Brian Scott, July 25, 2011

12. African-American History Monument

The State House East Grounds and the African-American Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mike Stroud

13. The State House East Grounds and the African-American Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 899 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on December 26, 2011, by Brian Scott of Anderson, South Carolina. 13. submitted on February 26, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.