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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

The early morning sun lights up some of the attached antebellum homes that make up Charleston's famous Rainbow Row.

Early Morning on Rainbow Row

The early morning sun lights up some of the attached antebellum homes that make up Charleston’s famous Rainbow Row, which is located on East Bay Street — between Tradd and Elliot Streets. Rainbow Row is the largest group of connected Georgian row houses in the United States.

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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