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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This house is actually not schizophrenic, but connected individually owned row tenements. Built in about 1841 on land that was cleared on Wentworth Street after the great fire of 1838, originally there were seven connected buildings -- now six remain. 

Two-Faced

This house is actually not schizophrenic, but connected individually owned row tenements. Built in about 1841 on land that was cleared on Wentworth Street after the great fire of 1838, originally there were seven connected buildings — now six remain.

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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