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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

The iron fence outside the First Baptist Church in Charleston, SC provides for a beautiful frame for its impressive doors and columns.

Iron, Columns and Doors

The iron fence outside the First Baptist Church in Charleston provides for a beautiful frame for its impressive doors and columns. First Baptist is the oldest Baptist church in the South and its congregation was founded in 1682… in Kittery, Maine (it moved to South Carolina in 1683).

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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