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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Ropemakers Lane is a tiny little dead-end street just below Broad Street in downtown Charleston. While the driveway of this beautiful house comes out on the lane, the "front" is on Meeting Street.

Ropemakers Lane

Ropemakers Lane is a tiny little dead-end street just below Broad Street in downtown Charleston. While the driveway of this beautiful house comes out on the lane, the “front” is on Meeting Street.

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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