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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Adored Door

This beautiful door belongs to the Col. John Stuart House on Tradd Street, which was built c. 1770. Stuart did a great job of creating an impressive house and accumulating the land around it, but had to give it all up when he fled Charleston in 1775. He was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Southern Colonies (representing the British crown) and wasn’t too popular as the colonies heading towards revolution.

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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