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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Touring Charleston by horse drawn carriage helps provide an intimacy that driving does not. This carriage is on South Battery

Horsedrawn Charleston

Even on a stormy day, touring Charleston by horse drawn carriage helps provide an intimacy that driving does not. This carriage is on South Battery. The Colonel John Ashe House on the right just sold for the most money of any house ($7.72 million) ever in the historic district.

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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