This post is a bit of a reach back to when we were in South Carolina. Something keeps resurfacing and I didn’t quite know what to say about it. It started when we pulled into Georgetown Landing SC after leaving Charleston SC. The dock hand there said “nice hat”. I said thanks I got it at the market in Charleston. He said ‘Oh, you mean the slave market”.
I was a little taken aback because although I think I knew that’s what those buildings were for, I was surprised that this is the first thing a local would comment about. But, come to mention it there was almost no signage or monuments to the over 150,000 slaves that passed through Charleston, nearly 40% of the total slave trade. Might be a bummer for the tourists I guess.
Now here is the weird part and its what keeps coming back to me. On the day we were there the market was full of tourists that just got off a cruise liner.
Thousands of people arrive by boat and go to the market to support the economy of Charleston. Is that irony or is it just me?
Moon Dance IV 
John, I appreciate your post about the Slaves passing through…I would have a tough time shaking it as well. An acknowledgment of all those human beings passed through as a commodity in the past would be profound 👍🏻🙏🏻
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