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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A row of pretty porches on Limehouse Street. Charleston is known for the houses having "piazzas," but as these are on the fronts on the houses, they are just porches. A piazza is a type of porch, but not all porches are piazzas.

Pretty Porches

A row of pretty porches on Limehouse Street. Charleston is known for the houses having “piazzas,” but as these are on the fronts on the houses, they are just porches. A piazza is a type of porch, but not all porches are piazzas.

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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