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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Between downtown buildings you can often find a tight squeeze of an access path. If you exited this one and turned left, you would be walking down King Street -- right past the wonderful old cinema, the American Theater, which was appeared on the other side of the screen in the film The Notebook.

Tight Squeeze

Between downtown buildings you can often find a tight squeeze of an access path. If you exited this one and turned left, you would be walking down King Street — right past the wonderful old cinema, the American Theater, which was appeared on the other side of the screen in the film The Notebook.

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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