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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful overflowing flowerbed is a great accessory to a beautiful house on George Street built about 1790. The owner specified in his will in 1787 that the house be built for the benefit of his wife or daughters -- one of his daughters received it in 1791.

Overflowing

This beautiful overflowing flowerbed is a great accessory to a beautiful house on George Street built about 1790. The owner specified in his will in 1787 that the house be built for the benefit of his wife or daughters — one of his daughters received it in 1791.

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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