South Carolina

Charleston — Historic Peninsula

Charleston’s historic peninsula combines one of America’s most attractive urban landscapes with an economy once built on slavery and Atlantic plantation wealth. This walk links the colonial port, slave trading, churches, elite houses, secession, Fort Sumter and Gullah history while correcting a persistent tourism error: Charleston City Market was not the city’s slave market.

Stories in Charleston — Historic Peninsula

Old Exchange and Provost DungeonAudio available
Rainbow RowAudio available
Four Corners of Law and St. Michael’s ChurchAudio available
Old Slave Mart MuseumAudio available
Dock Street Theatre and French QuarterAudio available
Charleston City MarketAudio available
Mother Emanuel AME Church and Marion SquareAudio available
Nathaniel Russell HouseAudio available
White Point Garden and the BatteryAudio available
Fort Sumter Harbor ViewAudio available