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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This cool seating area is under the house's piazza -- the side porch of a Charleston single house. A piazza is a type of porch, but not all porches are piazzas! You can find this one on South Battery.

Under the Porch/Piazza

This cool seating area is under the house’s piazza — the side porch of a Charleston single house. A piazza is a type of porch, but not all porches are piazzas! You can find this one on South Battery.

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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