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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A beautiful gate and piazza on a Rutledge Avenue house built in 1852. The piazza was actually a later addition.

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A beautiful gate and piazza on a Rutledge Avenue house built in 1852. The piazza was actually a later addition.

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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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