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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A beautiful sunset beyond the tip of the Charleston peninsula at White Point Garden. Before gaining that name, the area was called Oyster Point, for the accumulation of oyster shells on the site.

Oyster Point

A beautiful sunset beyond the tip of the Charleston peninsula at White Point Garden. Before gaining that name, the area was called Oyster Point, for the accumulation of oyster shells on the site. (White Point refers to the color that the oyster shells gave the area.) Have you seen the sun set from here?

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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