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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A statement put up after the shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME church, this wall is also covered with lots of doves doves. The wall is the outside of College Park, an old baseball field, on Rutledge Avenue -- where it creates the border for Hampton Park.

Charleston Is Strong

A statement put up after the 2015 shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME church, this wall is also covered with lots of doves. The wall is the outside of College Park, an old baseball field, on Rutledge Avenue — where it creates the border for Hampton Park.

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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