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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Pringle All The Way

This is the Robert Pringle House on Tradd Street, built in 1774. One of Charleston’s leading merchants, Pringle had previously built a couple of other houses on Tradd. He led a busy life, including in 1747 when he was on his way to England, he was captured by a Spanish privateer and imprisoned for a bit in St. Augustine, Florida.

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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