While on vacation in Edisto Beach, SC. I had a chance to visit the Old Slave Mart Museum in downtown Charleston, SC.
"Few buildings like the Old Slave Mart still stand in the South. In the mid-1800s, slave traders came to this place to buy and sell enslaved African Americans - an interstate trade that brought wealth to Charleston, the state and the region. The lives of the enslaved blacks, traders and owners who passed through this building were as different as they were entwined." 1
A fascinating exhibit! Be prepared to read because an audio tour is not available. Expect to spend 60 - 90 minutes. Cameras are not allowed inside and phones must be turned off.
For more information, see:
www.oldslavemart.org
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/charleston/osm.htm
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1 excerpt from Old Slave Mart brochure
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