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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A beautiful view from the music pavilion in White Point Garden at the tip of the Charleston peninsula. The statue in the foreground is to honor William Gilmore Simms, a poet, novelist, and historian who lived in the early/mid 1800

A Charleston View

A beautiful view from the music pavilion in White Point Garden at the tip of the Charleston peninsula. The statue in the foreground is to honor William Gilmore Simms, a poet, novelist, and historian who lived in the early/mid 1800’s.

Ask a Local

What’s the deal with the City Market? Were slaves sold there or not?

asks John H., from Seattle, Washington… The City Market is what was called the “Slaves’ Market,” not the “Slaves Market.”  That apostrophe makes all the difference in the world. While a shocking number of humans were sold into slavery in Charleston (a very dark period in the City’s history), they were not sold at what […]

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