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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Before being renamed in honor of the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion, this open space at the heart of downtown was called Citadel Green or Citadel Square. The pink building was the original site of the Citadel.

Marion Square

Before being renamed in honor of the Swamp Fox, Francis Marion, this open space at the heart of downtown was called Citadel Green or Citadel Square. The pink building was the original site of the Citadel.

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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