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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A view up Meeting Street to the steeple of St. Michael's Episcopal Church. St. Michael's is the oldest standing religious building in the city -- built between 1751 and 1761, replacing the St. Phillip's original wooden church built in 1681.

Meeting Street Steeple

A view up Meeting Street to St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. St. Michael’s is the oldest standing religious building in the city — built between 1751 and 1761 (replacing the St. Phillip’s original wooden church built in 1681). That’s quite a distinction in the “Holy 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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