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Glimpses of Charleston

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The Mills House hotel on Meeting Street, traces its history back to 1853. Fortunately, it survived all the destruction in Charleston during the Civil War, which allowed it to host Glimpses' wedding reception in 1999  :)

Mills House

The Mills House hotel on Meeting Street, traces its history back to 1853. Fortunately, it survived all the destruction in Charleston during the Civil War, which allowed it to host Glimpses’ wedding reception in 1999  🙂

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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