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Glimpses of Charleston

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This spectacular Italianate mansion on lower King Street hosted an event when Barack Obama first ran for president. After he won, he referenced it in his election night acceptance speech ("From the porches of Charleston..."). It also sold, at the time, for the highest price ever for a house on Charleston peninsula.

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This spectacular Italianate mansion on lower King Street hosted an event when Barack Obama first ran for president. After he won, he referenced it in his election night acceptance speech (“From the porches of Charleston…”). It also sold, at the time, for the highest price ever for a house on Charleston peninsula.

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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