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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This wonderful Charleston garden is part of a property on Montegu Street which was built in 1800 by Theodore Gaillard. Gaillard was a rice (aka Carolina Gold) planter and merchant.

Golden Garden

This wonderful Charleston garden is part of a property on Montegu Street which was built in 1800 by Theodore Gaillard. Gaillard was a rice (aka Carolina Gold) planter and merchant, as well as being Charleston’s first British Counsel.

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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