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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

All In The Family

Some beautiful houses along South Battery, facing White Point Garden. The Col. John Ashe House (center) was built c. 1782. Col. Ashe gifted the property for the Gadsden-Burckmeyer House on the left to his daughter Mary — who, along with her husband Capt. Christopher Gadsden, built the house around 1820-30.

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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