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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This antebellum beauty on Legare Street, built in 1857, is actually situated on land that used to be part of the Miles Brewton House -- one of the most significant pre-Revolutionary War houses in the United States.

Antebellum Beauty

This antebellum beauty on Legare Street, built in 1857, is actually situated on land that used to be part of the Miles Brewton House — one of the most significant pre-Revolutionary War houses in the United States.

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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