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The Old Slave Mart
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Museum · Charleston, SC

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.

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Overview

About The Old Slave Mart

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.

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