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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A beautiful array of Sweetgrass baskets for sale on Meeting Street. Tracing their origin back to the 1600's with the arrival of enslaved Africans, they were originally used to separate rice seed from its chaff. Now they are treated as works of art, including some that are on permanent display in the Smithsonian Museum (and others).

Sweetgrass Baskets

A beautiful array of Sweetgrass baskets for sale on Meeting Street. Tracing their origin back to the 1600’s with the arrival of enslaved Africans, they were originally used to separate rice seed from its chaff. Now they are treated as works of art, including some that are on permanent display in the Smithsonian Museum (and others).

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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