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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This eye-catching pre-revolutionary pink house (c. 1740) on Tradd Street is framed by two crepe myrtle trees, which can be easily identified by their distinctive blotchy bark.

Old and Blotchy

This eye-catching pre-revolutionary pink house (c. 1740) on Tradd Street is framed by two crepe myrtle trees, which can be easily identified by their distinctive blotchy bark.

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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