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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This impressive window box is on the building that housed the Poinsett Tavern on Elliott Street, built about 1732. Poinsett's descendant was the US ambassador to Mexico and introduced the Poinsettia to the United States.

Poinsett

This impressive window box is on the building that housed the Poinsett Tavern on Elliott Street, built about 1732. Poinsett’s descendant was the US ambassador to Mexico who introduced the Poinsettia to the United States.

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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