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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Looking across Charleston Harbor at  the sun rising over the USS Yorktown (CV-10), which was originally supposed to be named The Bonhomme Richard. She was renamed during contruction to honor the USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk during the Battle of Midway. 

Sunrise Over The Bonhomme Richard (Well, Sort Of)

Looking across Charleston Harbor at  the sun rising over the USS Yorktown (CV-10), which was originally supposed to be named The Bonhomme Richard. She was renamed during contruction to honor the USS Yorktown (CV-5), which was sunk during the Battle of Midway.

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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