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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

In addition to being used to make glorious baskets, Sweetgrass is used for decorative purposes in Charleston, SC.

Sweetgrass and Flowers

Sweetgrass is most famously used to create beautiful baskets in the Lowcountry, but combined with flowers it makes some pretty nice decorative pieces as well. These can be found on Meeting Street hanging on the fence outside of the Federal Court building.

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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