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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Stoll’s Alley

One of the best things you can do when living or visiting Charleston is just walk and walk and walk. And when  you are walking, you discover that there are alleys and “cut-throughs” that let you go where no car, carriage or rickshaw can take you. From these little paths you can get views of the houses and backyards that are inaccessible in any other way. One of my favorites is Stoll’s Alley, which connects East Bay Street to Church Street.

 

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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