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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This wreath-wearing gorgeous gate can be found on Church Street, along "The Bend." If you look closely, you will see that the front door to the house is not symmetrical with the gate -- as the house was damaged by a hurricane in 1752 and the door migrated to the right in the subsequent repairs.

Church Street Wreath

This wreath-wearing gorgeous gate can be found on Church Street, along “The Bend.” If you look closely, you will see that the front door to the house is not symmetrical with the gate — the house was damaged by a hurricane in 1752 and the door migrated to the right in the subsequent repairs.

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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