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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This house on John Street, which was built about 1885, has some beautiful details -- including some wonderful blooming Confederate Jasmine.  Both stories of the house are fronted by a porch (which is not a piazza -- as those appear on the side of Charleston single houses),  providing a beautiful setting for catching the evening breeze.

Charleston Details

This house on John Street, which was built about 1885, has some beautiful details — including some wonderful blooming Confederate Jasmine.  Both stories of the house are fronted by a porch (which is not a piazza — as those appear on the side of Charleston single houses),  providing a beautiful setting for catching the evening breeze.

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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