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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Illuminated Spire

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Broad Street is the second church to be built on this site. The first burned down in a fire in 1861. It then took 45 years to raise the money and build the current building. But, they didn’t have enough money to add the spire. What you see here illuminated in the early morning sun took another 103 years to raise the funds for and install.

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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