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The International African American Museum (IAAM) is a museum of African-American history in Charleston, South Carolina, located at a former shipping wharf where approximately 40% of the nation's enslaved persons disembarked. The museum opened June 27, 2023, [3] after 20 years of planning. [4]
Gadsden's Wharf is a wharf located in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the first destination for an estimated 100,000 enslaved Africans during the peak of the international slave trade. [ 1 ] Some researchers have estimated that 40% of the enslaved Africans in the United States landed at Gadsden's Wharf. [ 2 ]
Wilson also sold Colonial Belle Goodies and attempted to attract a broader audience to the museum. The museum closed in 1987 due to budgeting issues. The City of Charleston and the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission restored the Old Slave Mart in the late 1990s. [7] The museum now interprets the history of the city's slave trade.
Visitors look through exhibits at the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C. Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024. Dr. Matthews: In the museum we have a digital touch table.
Overlooking the old wharf in Charleston at which nearly half of the enslaved population first entered North America, the 150,000-square-foot (14,000-square-meter) museum houses exhibits and ...
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Slave Mart Museum: Charleston: South Carolina: 1938 [150] Smith-Robertson Museum and Cultural Center Jackson: Mississippi: 1984 [151] Southeastern Regional Black Archives Research Center and Museum: Tallahassee: Florida: 1976 [152] Spady Cultural Heritage Museum: Delray Beach: Florida: 2001 [153] Spelman College Museum of Fine Art: Atlanta ...
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