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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Library Society

The handsome home of the Charleston Library Society was built on King Street in 1914, but the organization was founded far earlier. Now 273 year old, it was founded in 1748 and is the second oldest circulating library in the United States and the oldest cultural institution in the South.

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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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