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About The Old Slave Mart
The Old Slave Mart Museum tells the story of Charleston's role in the domestic inter-state slave trade from 1856 to 1863. It is possibly the only known building used as a slave auction site in South Carolina still in existence. The site opened as a historic site and museum in 2007 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
On the coast
Serving Charleston, SC
The Old Slave Mart Museum tells the story of Charleston's role in the domestic inter-state slave trade from 1856 to 1863. It is possibly the only known building used as a slave auction site in South Carolina still in existence. The site opened as a historic site and museum in 2007 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.