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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Albert Todd House

Located at 41 Church Street, the Albert Todd House is a relative baby in Charleston, built in 1909. While beautiful, what’s really cool about it (besides its planter) is its location — at The Bend of Church Street. You can tell where it is by the mooring appearing in the front of the photo, which were used to tied up boats when the street was still a creek.

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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