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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Peer through a beautiful Charleston, SC wrought iron gate and the view getter better and better.

A Peek of Charleston

Peer through a beautiful Charleston wrought iron gate and the view getter better and better. You can find this beauty on Gibbes Street. If you could see the tops of the gate posts, there are concrete roosters — live ones used to live here and you would hear them crowing in the mornings.

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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