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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Merry Christmas

While this house has not worn its Santa hat for a few years (it now has a new owner and is being renovated, nothing says Christmas in Charleston better than a 250 year old house dressed for the holidays in the snow! Built in 1771 as the west side of a simple double tenement building, facing Meeting Street, in 1893 it was remodeled to reflect the Victorian tastes of its owner. It’s former twin on Tradd Street still is in its original form.

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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