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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Free Love

The house of this door was built in 1774 by a Tory who had it confiscated during the American Revolution. It was then given to his son who had joined the American cause. Located on Orange Street (named after the orange groves there), it’s in an interesting area, as earlier in the century it had been the site of a free love colony founded by two Moravian prophets. How’s that for some history?

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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