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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

These flower boxes are on the northernmost of the "Three Sisters" houses on Meeting Street. This house, the youngest of the sisters, is different from its siblings in that they were built before the American Revolution (1770 and 1760),  and this one was built after (about 1800).

Sisterly Flowers

These flower boxes are on the northernmost of the “Three Sisters” houses on Meeting Street. This house, the youngest of the sisters, is different from its siblings in that they were built before the American Revolution (1770 and 1760),  and this one was built after (about 1800).

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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