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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This wonderful combination of iron gate and antebellum house can be found on Gibbes Street. Built in 1806, the Parker-Drayton House would have once had a view across the marshes to the Ashley River.

Gateway to Heaven

This wonderful combination of iron gate and antebellum house can be found on Gibbes Street. Built in 1806, the Parker-Drayton House would have once had a view across the marshes to the Ashley River.

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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