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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This pretty cotton ball wreath hangs on a door that fronts Broad Street... just down from the intersection of Broad and Meeting Streets, where a drawbridge once stood to allow people to enter the walled city of Charles Towne.

Broad Street Cotton

This pretty cotton ball wreath hangs on a door that fronts Broad Street… just down from the intersection of Broad and Meeting Streets, where a drawbridge once stood to allow people to enter the walled city of Charles Towne.

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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