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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Charleston, SC, despite the wonderful colonial feel, is a living city. Here the mailman and a resident do their thing on this cobblestone street.

Living Cobblestones

Charleston, despite the wonderful  — and sometimes museum-like — colonial feel, is a living city. Here the mailman and a resident do their thing on Chalmers Street, one of the eight beautiful cobblestone streets in the city.

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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