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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This house, with its tall Ionic columns, on Murray Boulevard is well known for the pigs guarding the bottom of the stairs, as it has (well, used to have) a connection to the Piggly Wiggly supermarkets. If you time it right, you might find them dressed in various costumes -- as they usually dress for the holidays.

Pigs Amid the Columns

This house, with its tall Ionic columns, on Murray Boulevard is well known for the pigs guarding the bottom of the stairs, as it has (well, used to have) a connection to the Piggly Wiggly supermarkets. If you time it right, you might find them dressed in various costumes — as they usually dress for the holidays.

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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