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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

The Charleston, SC skyline is permeated with steeples, so much one of its nicknames is "The Holy City." Here are three of them.

A Steeple’s Eye View

The distinguishing feature of the Charleston skyline is steeples, so much so that the city has the nickname of “The Holy City.” Here’s a bird’s eye view of three of the contributors to that nickname — from left to right, the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the Unitarian Church and St. John’s Lutheran.

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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