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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This house on East Bay Street holds a very special distinction on Rainbow Row -- it was the very first to be restored on the row (which is the largest collection of attached antebellum houses in the United States).

Primary Color of the Rainbow

This house on East Bay Street holds a very special distinction on Rainbow Row — it was the very first to be restored on the row (which is the largest collection of attached antebellum houses in the United States). In 1931, Dorothy Haskell Porcher Legge undertook its restoration — kicking off the pastel collection that is now one of the iconic sites in Charleston.

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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