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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Good Morning Glimpse

The pineapple fountain in Waterfront Park is always a lovely sight. Right off the shore, in the middle of the Cooper River, is a small island (Shute’s Folly) on which there is the remains of an 1810 fortification (Castle Pinckney) — which among other things was used as a prisoner of war camp during the Civil War.

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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