This page contains a complete expanded list of all documented Middle Passage Sites in the Continental United States. Though many of the sites have had ceremonies and now host markers honoring our ancestors, there is still a lot of work to be done. Please refer to the map, key, and table below to see the complete list of documented sites and the current status of each site, including designations by Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Commissioner and UNESCO Sites of Memory
We would like to acknowledge Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database at Emory University as our principal source for identifying these locations and thank Lynn Carlson, PhD, Brown University, for developing the map.
KEY FOR THE TABLE BELOW
(B) Ports where a marker has been placed and a ceremony has been held
(M) Ports where a marker has been placed
(C) Ports where a ceremony has been held
(N) Ports with neither a marker nor a ceremony
DESIGNATIONS
ALL sites are listed as International Coalition Sites of Conscience
* MPCMP is/was involved in planning a marker and ceremony for this site.
^ UNESCO Sites of Memory
+ Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Commissioner
ALABAMA
| Africatown, AL (C)*^ | |
| Mobile, AL (B)*^ Marker Installed: December 2019 Cooper Riverside Park 101 S. Water Street 30.6899°N – 88.0377°W |  |
CONNECTICUT
| Middletown, CT (B)*^ Marker Installed: September 2019 Harbor Park 41.5618°N -72.6463°W |  |
| New London, CT (N)*^ |
FLORIDA
| Amelia Island / Fernandina, FL (B)*^+ Marker Installed: March 2020 Fernandina Plaza Historic State Park 715 San Fernando Street Fernandina, Florida 30.688721°N – 81.456692°W |  |
| Key West, FL (B) Marker Installed: African American Cemetery at Higgs Beach 1074-1094 Atlantic Blvd. 24.5474°N – 81.7856°W |  |
| Mosquito Inlet, FL (B)*^ Marker Installed: 2016 Greek Memorial 299 S. Riverside Drive New Smyrna Beach, Fl 29.0239°N – 80.9202°W |  |
| Pensacola, FL (C)*^ | |
| St. Augustine, FL (B)*^+ Marker Installed: 2015 Mission Nombre de Dios 89 A1A Scenic Historic Coastal Byway 29.9042°N – 81.3136°W |  |
GEORGIA
| Jekyll Island, GA (B)^+ Marker Installed: 2018 The Wanderer Memorial St. Andrews Beach 1 S. Riverview Drive 31.0213°N – 81-4337°W |  |
| Sapelo Bay (Darien), GA (N)*^+ | |
| Savannah, GA (M)^+ Monument: Rousakis Riverfront Plaza E. Upper Factors Walk 32.0817°N – 90.0611°W |  |
| Tybee Island, GA (N)*^+ |
LOUISIANA
| New Orleans, LA (B)*^ Marker Installed: July 2018 The Moonwalk Riverfront Park New Orleans, 70116 29.9573°N – 90.0611°W |  |
| New Orleans/Algiers, LA (B)*^ Marker Installed: December 2019 Algiers Courthouse 225 Morgan St. New Orleans 70114 29.9537°N – 90.0540°W |  |
MARYLAND
| Annapolis, MD (C)*^ | |
| Baltimore, MD (C)*^ | |
| Edgewater / Londontown, MD (N)*^ Marker to be Installed at: Historic London Town and Gardens Museum 839 Londontown Road Edgewater, Maryland 38.940900°N – 76.540700°W | |
| Oxford, MD (N) | |
| Patuxent/Sotterley/Hollywood, MD (B)*^ Marker Installed: 2014 Historic Sotterley Plantation 44300 Sotterley Lane Hollywood, MD 38.3763°N – 76.5420°W |  |
MASSACHUSETTS
| Boston, MA (C)*^ |
MISSISSIPPI
| Biloxi, MS (N)*^ |
NEW HAMPSHIRE
| Portsmouth, NH (B) Markers Installed: “Black Yankees and The Sea” Edge of Prescott Park 43.077808°N – 70.752705°W |  |
NEW JERSEY
| Camden, NJ (B)*^ Markers Installed: 2018 & 2019 Cooper’s Point Rutgers University Cooper & North Front Street 39.947919°N – 75.126158°W Adventure Aquarium Wiggins Waterfront Park 39.9459°N – 75.1312°W |  |
| Perth Amboy, NJ (N)*^ |
NEW YORK
| New York, NY (B)^ Monument: African Burial Ground U.S. Federal Courthouse 40 Foley Square 40.713054° – 74.007228°W |  |
NORTH CAROLINA
| Bath, NC (N)*^ | |
| Beaufort, NC (N)*^ | |
| Bismark, NC (N)*^ | |
| Edenton (Roanoke), NC (N)*^ | |
| New Bern, NC (N)*^ | |
| Wilmington, NC (N)*^+ |
PENNSYLVANIA
| Philadelphia, PA (B)*^ Marker Installed: 2015 Independence Seaport Museum (dock area) 211 Christopher Columbus Boulevard 39.9459°N – 75.1408°W |  |
RHODE ISLAND
| Bristol, RI (N)*^ | |
| Newport, RI (C)*^ | |
| Providence, RI (M) | |
| Warren, RI (B)* Marker Installed: June 2019 41.7298°N – 71.2832°W |  |
SOUTH CAROLINA
| Beaufort, SC (N)*^ | |
| Charleston, SC (N)*^+ | |
| James Island, SC (N)^+ | |
| Morris Island, SC (N)^+ | |
| Sullivan’s Island, SC (B)^+ Marker Installed: 1990 Charleston Harbor Sullivan’s Island |  |
TEXAS
| Deweyville, TX (N) | |
| Galveston, TX (B)*^ Marker Installed: 2017 Seaport Museum 2200 Harborside Drive 29.3094°N – 94.7936°W |  |
| Lake Sabine, TX (N) |
VIRGINIA
| Fredericksburg, VA (M)*^ Markers Installed: 2015 Dockside Park 28.012440°N – 82.425160°W 36.548320°N – 78.41411°W |  |
| Hampton, VA (B)^ | |
| Jamestown, VA (B)*^ Marker Installed: 2013 “Historic Jamestown” National Park Service 1368 Colonial Parkway Jamestown, Virginia 37.220130°N – 76.767350°W |  |
| Point Comfort, VA (B)^ Marker Installed: Fort Monroe National Monument National Park Service Fort Monroe, Virginia 37.009770°N – 76.314010°W |  |
| Richmond, VA (B)^ Marker Installed: Trail of Enslaved Africans Richmond, Virginia 29.833780°N – 95.452380°W |  |
| West Point, VA (C)*^ | |
| Yorktown, VA (B)*^ Marker Installed: May 2013 Water & Comte de Grasse Streets (on Water Street) 37.234580°N – 76.544690°W |  |
WASHINGTON, DC
| Georgetown, DC (C)*^ |