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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful fountain can be found on the Meeting Street side of Marion Square, which from 1843 until 1922 was called Citadel Green -- as the space was used to muster troops and the Citadel once occupied the space to the north of the park.

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This beautiful fountain can be found on the Meeting Street side of Marion Square, which from 1843 until 1922 was called Citadel Green — as the space was used to muster troops and the Citadel once occupied the space to the north of the park.

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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