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Glimpses of Charleston

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Sweetgrass basket-making has a long history in Charleston, tracing its Gullah origins back hundreds of years to Africa. Originally, made to help separate the rice seed from its chaff, they are now considered to be wonderful works of art and are prized possessions.

So Sweet

Sweetgrass basket-making has a long history in Charleston, tracing its Gullah origins back hundreds of years to Africa. Originally made to help separate the rice seed from its chaff, they are now considered to be wonderful works of art and prized possessions.

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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