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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This imposing front entrance can be found on the house at the corner of Murray Boulevard and Limehouse Street. Built by the man who developed the area, C. Bissell Jenkins, this was the first house on what is now the Low Battery.

The First

This imposing front entrance can be found on the house at the corner of Murray Boulevard and Limehouse Street. Built by the man who developed the area, C. Bissell Jenkins, this was the first house on what is now the Low Battery.

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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