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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This house on Water Street has been sitting in the same spot since 1857. Now, because of flooding and rising sea levels, it and other houses around Charleston are being raised to make them safer from water. This is one of the most impressive I've seen so far.

Movin’ On Up

This house on Water Street has been sitting in the same spot since 1857. Now, because of flooding and rising sea levels, it and other houses around Charleston are being raised to make them safer from water. This is one of the most impressive I’ve seen so far.

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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