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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Steamy Sunrise

A summer sunrise along the High Battery. The seawall protects the grand houses on East Battery from the battering water, as well as the beautiful White Point Garden — named that after the mounds of white oyster shells that were found at the tip of the peninsula. It also explains why it is sometimes called Oyster Point.

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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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