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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful Greek Revival house on Broad Street, also know as the Cooper-O'Connor House, was built about 1855 and served as a prison for Union officers during the Civil War. Southern hospitality...

A Prison By Any Other Name

This beautiful Greek Revival house on Broad Street, also know as the Cooper-O’Connor House, was built about 1855 and served as a prison for Union officers during the Civil War. Southern hospitality…

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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