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Glimpses of Charleston

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The Hotel Bennett, the newest hotel in Charleston opened last weekend, on the site of the old Charleston Public Library -- on the corner of Marion Square. A very high end hotel, it took 13 years for it to build.

In With The New

The Hotel Bennett, the newest hotel in Charleston opened last weekend, on the site of the old Charleston Public Library — on the corner of Marion Square. A very high end hotel, it took 13 years for it to build.

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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