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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful flag-waving house on Church Street was built in 1794 on the spot of the Fenwick Tenements, which burned down sometime before 1785. The tenements had been built by Edward Fenwick, of Fenwick Hall Plantation -- which is currently for sale for just under $9.0 million. 

Church Street Beauty

This beautiful flag-waving house on Church Street was built in 1796 on the spot of the Fenwick Tenements, which burned down sometime before 1785. The tenements had been built by Edward Fenwick, of Fenwick Hall Plantation — which is currently for sale for just under $9.0 million.

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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