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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful house was built in about 1799, but was moved from its original location -- which was about 100 feet north of the current spot -- in 1967. It was moved to make way for the development around what is now the Charleston Gaillard Center. You'd never know that this was not its original home.

Southern Migration

This beautiful house was built in about 1799, but was moved from its original location — which was about 100 feet north of the current spot — in 1967. It was moved to make way for the development around what is now the Charleston Gaillard Center. You’d never know that this was not its original home.

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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