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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Happy Halloween! This holiday is seriously celebrated in Charleston. Flattered, many of the more ghoulish residents hang out in the open and bask in the attention. You can find these excited fellows on the balcony at the beautifully modified Pre-Revolutionary house at the northeast corner of the intersection of Tradd and Meeting Streets.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! This holiday is seriously celebrated in Charleston. Flattered, many of the more ghoulish residents hang out in the open and bask in the attention. You can find these excited fellows on the balcony at the beautifully modified Pre-Revolutionary house at the northeast corner of the intersection of Tradd and Meeting Streets.

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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