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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

These beautiful window boxes on Legare Street are bursting with hydrangeas. Did you know hydrangeas can be both evergreen and deciduous? The deciduous variety is, however, the more commonly cultivated variety. And now you know...

Hydrangea Trivia

These beautiful window boxes on Legare Street are bursting with hydrangeas. Did you know hydrangeas can be both evergreen and deciduous? The deciduous variety is, however, the more commonly cultivated variety. And now you know…

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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