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Lowcountry shrimp is the best there is! There is nothing like getting it fresh off the boat, using the nifty red tool to peel and de-vein them, and then boiling them up in a Frogmore stew or making a shrimp cocktail. Mmmmmmm...

Shrimp

Lowcountry shrimp is the best there is! There is nothing like getting it fresh off the boat, using the nifty red tool to peel and de-vein them, and then boiling them up in a Frogmore stew or making a shrimp cocktail. Mmmmmmm…

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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