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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This wonderfully colorful stretch of Queen Street, includes the Footlight Players' theater (and one of the entrances to Philadelphia Alley). The building that is now a theater dates back to about 1850, and was originally a cotton warehouse. 

Cottoning To It

This wonderfully colorful stretch of Queen Street, includes the Footlight Players‘ theater (and one of the entrances to Philadelphia Alley). The building that is now a theater dates back to about 1850, and was originally a cotton warehouse.

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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