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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

One of the great places to watch the sun rise in Charleston is on the High Battery. From there you can see the entire harbor, including Fort Sumter, Castle Pinckney, the Cooper River Bridge and Patriots Point -- the home of the USS Yorktown.

Harbor View

One of the great places to watch the sun rise in Charleston is on the High Battery. From there you can see the entire harbor, including Fort Sumter, Castle Pinckney, the Cooper River Bridge and the twinkling lights of Patriots Point — the home of the USS Yorktown.

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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