Charleston Unveils Historical Marker at the Site of Firm That Held the Largest Known U.S. Slave Trade As a grad student, Lauren Davila found an ad for the auction of 600 enslaved people. Our story last year revealed her discovery and unearthed the identity of the family responsible for the sale.

Charleston Unveils Historical Marker at the Site of Firm That Held the Largest Known U.S. Slave Trade

As a graduate student at the College of Charleston, Lauren Davila found an ad for the auction of 600 enslaved people. A ProPublica story last year revealed her discovery and unearthed the identity of ...

Read our original investigation from last year:

How a Grad Student Uncovered the Largest Known Slave Auction in the U.S.

Lauren Davila made a stunning discovery as a graduate student at the College of Charleston: an ad for a slave auction larger than any historian had yet identified. The find yields a new understanding ...

I think one of the greatest things about this country is that we can look back at the dark parts of our past with clearer vision than our forebears and resolve to do better. I don't want to go back. I want to go forward.