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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This fence and gate on Vanderhorst Street help frame a house located on Thomas Street -- that was built and sold in 1833 to Robert Barnwell Rhett, who was best known as the "Father of  Secession."

Charleston Iron

This fence and gate on Vanderhorst Street help frame a house located on Thomas Street — that was built and sold in 1833 to Robert Barnwell Rhett, who was best known as the “Father of  Secession.”

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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