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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

White Point Garden Sunset

Anywhere along the Ashley River will give you spectacular views of the setting sun (there are lots of Glimpses that capture that). Sometimes lost in the magnificence of the combination of the sun and the water is the effect that the sun has on Charleston itself. As the sun was dipping below the horizon, some of the beautiful Live Oak trees in White Point Garden started to glow in the wonderful light created by that time of the evening.

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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