By 1840, the Market Hall and Sheds, where fresh meat and produce were brought daily, became a hub of commercial activity. The slave trade also depended on the port of Charleston, where ships could be unloaded and the slaves bought and sold. The legal importation of African slaves had ended in 1808, although smuggling was significant. However, the domestic trade was booming. More than one million slaves were transported from the Upper South to the Deep South in the antebellum years, as cotton plantations were widely developed through what became known as the Black Belt. Many slaves were transported in the coastwise slave trade, with slave ships stopping at ports such as Charleston. COUNT 5
QSN1 What industry depended on the port of Charleston? ANS1 The slave trade QSN2 Where was  fresh food sold daily in Charleston in 1840? ANS2 the Market Hall and Sheds QSN3 What year did the legal importation of slaves end? ANS3 1808 QSN4 The region where cotton plantations were developed was known as what? ANS4 Black Belt QSN5 In what era did one million slaves get trade throughout the South? ANS5 in the antebellum years