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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This lush yard, in front of a beautiful downtown Charleston house on Vanderhorst Street, has a joggling board in it (the raised green plank on rockers). The joggling board is a Lowcountry innovation designed for fun, exercise and courting.

Joggling

This lush yard, in front of a beautiful downtown Charleston house on Vanderhorst Street, has a joggling board in it (the raised green plank on rockers). The joggling board is a Lowcountry innovation designed for fun, exercise and courting.

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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