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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Stained Glass

This church on Meeting Street was built in 1848-50 to house the congregation for Third Presbyterian Church. 1926 the building was sold to Trinity Methodist Church, whose congregation moved from a church they had been in since 1792. As part of the move they brought a Tiffany stained glass window honoring George Walton Williams — who built what became to be called the Calhoun Mansion (now the Williams Mansion).

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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