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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This handsome pre-Colonial house (c. 1740) on Tradd Street was built out of brick and Bermuda stone, which you can find in many of the houses and other buildings of that era.

Bermuda Stone

This handsome pre-Colonial house (c. 1740) on Tradd Street was built out of brick and Bermuda stone, which you can find in many of the houses and other buildings in Charleston of that era.

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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