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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

The entrance to the Church Street end of Stolls Alley is framed on one side by this incredible wall. The alley is named after a blacksmith (Justinus Stoll) who lived there in mid-1700's.

Stolls

The entrance to the Church Street end of Stolls Alley is framed on one side by this incredible wall. The alley is named after a blacksmith (Justinus Stoll) who lived there in mid-1700’s.

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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