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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This handsome house on Queen Street, c 1850, once had a very different look. This was once a classic Charleston single house with a double piazza -- you can tell by the large doors that open on the first and second floors. 

Facelift

This handsome house on Queen Street, c 1850, used to have a very different look. This was once a classic Charleston single house with a double piazza — you can tell by the large doors that open on the first and second floors.

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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