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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

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This handsome gate on King Street opens on to a cool “cut-thru” that leads to the Unitarian Church on Archdale Street. After construction was started in 1772 the church building almost opened in 1777, but was finally completed in 1787 after it was trashed by both American and British militia which were quartered there (at different times!) during the American Revolution.

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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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