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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

The Johnsons of Queen Street

This stretch of Queen Street dates back to 1802 and is/was known as Johnson’s Row, after the father/son team who created it. The Johnsons were pretty impressive people. The elder was a successful in business and served in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Junior went to Princeton, became a judge and became the Speaker of the SC House. He was later appointed to the US Supreme Court by Thomas Jefferson.

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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