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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Four Corners of Law

The intersection of Broad and Meeting Streets is known as the Four Corners of Law. The buildings on the four corners represent Federal (US Post Office and Federal Courthouse), State (Charleston County Courthouse — in which state law is enforced), City (Charleston City Hall) and ecclesiastical law (St. Michael’s Church).

Here you get a peek of St. Michael’s steeple looming above the US Post Office.

Have you crossed the street here?

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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