Africans were brought to Charles Town on the Middle Passage, first as "servants", then as slaves. Ethnic groups transported here included especially Wolof, Yoruba, Fulani, Igbo, Malinke, and other people of the Windward Coast. An estimated 40% of the total 400,000 Africans transported and sold as slaves into North America are estimated to have landed at Sullivan's Island, just off the port of Charles Town; it is described as a "hellish Ellis Island of sorts .... Today nothing commemorates that ugly fact but a simple bench, established by the author Toni Morrison using private funds." COUNT 5
QSN1 What author paid for the simple bench at Sullivan's Island? ANS1 Toni Morrison QSN2 What percentage of those sold as slaves in North America landed at Sullivan's Island? ANS2 40% QSN3 What stage of the slave trade provided slaves to Charles Town? ANS3 Middle Passage QSN4 What peoples were brought to Charles Town to be slaves? ANS4 Africans QSN5 Which African coast did many slaves that were sold in Charles Town come from? ANS5 Windward Coast