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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful house (c. 1806) on Meeting Street hosted the Marquis de Layfette in 1824.  After fighting in both the American and French Revolutions. he had become known as the Hero of Two Worlds.

Meeting Street Marquis

This beautiful house (c. 1806) on Meeting Street hosted the Marquis de Layfette in 1824.  After fighting in both the American and French Revolutions. he had become known as the Hero of Two Worlds.

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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