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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful house is on Church Street, just in from Water Street. Before it became Water Street it was Vanderhorst Creek, which was filled with actual water. The cement post on the right of the photo was a mooring used to tie up a boat on the creek.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

This beautiful house is on Church Street, just in from Water Street. Before it became Water Street it was Vanderhorst Creek, which was filled with actual water. The small cement posts in front of the house were used as moorings to tie up boats on the creek.

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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