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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

While the view would have changed over the years, you would have been able to look out this window in the historic Charleston County Courthouse way back in 1753, when the building was the provincial capitol for the colony of South Carolina. It is also one of the famous Four Corners of Law, at the intersection of Broad and Meeting Streets.

A Really Old View

While the view would have changed over the years, you would have been able to look out this window in the historic Charleston County Courthouse way back in 1753, when the building was the provincial capitol for the colony of South Carolina. It is also one of the famous Four Corners of Law, at the intersection of Broad and Meeting Streets.

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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