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Old Slave Mart Museum

The last known building used for slave auctions in South Carolina, now a small museum on cobbled Chalmers Street.

Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0
Open
Closed Sundays
Price
Paid
Time Needed
45 minutes
Address
6 Chalmers St, Charleston, SC 29401Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
Downtown, near the City Market.

Why Go

After 1856, auctions of enslaved people were moved indoors; this was one such building. Its exhibits explain Charleston's role in the domestic slave trade.

Nearby

Rainbow Row and the Historic District4 min walk · Must-SeeThe Holy City's Steeples4 min walkWaterfront Park and the Pineapple Fountain5 min walkOld Exchange and Provost Dungeon5 min walk

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