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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful house on Legare Street in Charleston was built in 1857 and later became the home of Burnet Rhett Maybank -- who in succession was the mayor of Charleston, the governor of South Carolina and then a United States senator. Not a bad career path.

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This beautiful house on Legare Street in Charleston was built in 1857 and later became the home of Burnet Rhett Maybank — who in succession was the mayor of Charleston, the governor of South Carolina and then a United States senator. Not a bad career path.

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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