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Glimpses of Charleston

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A porch on a Charleston Single House is also called a "piazza." All piazzas are porches but not all porches are piazzas.

A Porch By Any Other Name…

A side porch on a Charleston Single House is also called a “piazza.” All piazzas are porches, but not all porches are piazzas. These can be found on Anson Street.

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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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