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This slave bill of sale is part of the Pantovic Collection at the Avery Research Center; it is from 1858, Charleston, SC.

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The Old Slave Mart is a museum dedicated to telling the history of slavery, primarily the history of the domestic slave trade in the United States, in what formerly was an actual slave mart, Ryan's Mart. The main entrance to the slave mart would have…

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This broadside advertised a slave sale that took place at Ryan's Mart, of 25 Sea Island cotton and rice Negroes or slaves.

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This exhibit described the goods sold here. Notably absent was any information about the sale of slaves.

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This monument to Denmark Vesey was unveiled in 2014, at which time it was the only monument to an African or African American in the greater Charleston area. However, the monument stands in Hampton Park, on the north side of the city, and not in…

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This monument to Denmark Vesey was unveiled in 2014, at which time it was the only monument to an African or African American in the greater Charleston area. However, the monument stands in Hampton Park, on the north side of the city, and not in…

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This placard marks the house and workshop of former Charleston blacksmith and legendary artist Philip Simmons.

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This is the house of former Charleston blacksmith and legendary artist, Philip Simmons, with his workshop to the right.

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In 1945, the Cigar Factory was the site of a famous strike--1200 workers, mostly black women, walked out over discrimination and low wages, singing "We Shall Overcome," which would become the anthem of the Civil Right Movement.

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The Aiken-Rhett House Museum has been conserved and run by the Historic Charleston Foundation. It features an impressive back lot where the original slave quarters and outbuildings still exist. These walls surround that lot.
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