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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

If you think about it, every rainbow must have a front and back side (depending on your perspective). But Rainbow Row definitely does -- and this is the backside of some of those famous antebellum row houses. If you go down Elliott Street, you get a perspective most folks never see. 

The Other Side of the Rainbow

If you think about it, every rainbow must have a front and back side (depending on your perspective). But Rainbow Row definitely does — and this is the backside of some of those famous antebellum row houses. If you go down Elliott Street, you get a perspective most folks never see.

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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