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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A wonderfully decorated house on Orange Street. The house was built in 1769 by Charles Pinckney, who was the father of the Charles Pinckney who was a signer of the US Constitution, and also a governor of SC, a US senator and a member of the House of Representatives.

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A wonderfully decorated house on Orange Street. The house was built in 1769 by Charles Pinckney, who was the father of the Charles Pinckney who was a signer of the US Constitution, and also a governor of SC, a US senator and a member of the House of Representatives.

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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