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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Charleston single houses have amazing piazzas, which is the name for their specific type of side porch.  Porches are the broad classification. So all piazzas are porches, but not all porches are piazzas. Got it?

Porches and Piazzas

Charleston single houses have amazing piazzas, which is the name for their specific type of side porch.  Porches are the broad classification. So all piazzas are porches, but not all porches are piazzas. Got it?

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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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