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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Broad Street on a beautiful Charleston day. The incredible building on the left is the Confederate Home and College, which was built as a private home in 1800, became a hotel and then in 1867 became the Home for Confederate Widows and Orphans. Today it is still used as a home, but is also an events venue.

Beautiful Broad

Broad Street on a beautiful Charleston day. The incredible building on the left is the Confederate Home and College, which was built as a private home in 1800, became a hotel and then in 1867 became the Home for Confederate Widows and Orphans. Today it is still used as a home, but is also an events venue.

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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