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Old Slave Mart

The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in that once housed an antebellum-period slave-auction gallery.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: former slave market in Charleston, South Carolina
  • Also known as: “The Old Slave Mart” and “The Old Slave Mart Museum”
  • Address: 6 Chalmers Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dock Street Theatre and Exchange and Provost.

Theater building
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The is a theater in the historic neighborhood of downtown . is situated 370 feet west of Old Slave Mart.

Museum
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, also known as the Custom House, and The Exchange, is a historic building at East Bay and Broad Streets in . is situated 610 feet southeast of Old Slave Mart.

Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Huguenot Church, also called the French Huguenot Church or the French Protestant Church, is a non-denominational Protestant church located at 136 Church Street in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Old Slave Mart

Latitude
32.77785° or 32° 46′ 40″ north
Longitude
-79.92842° or 79° 55′ 42″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Levels
1
Height
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3HC+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 496231706
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Geo­Names ID
4590084
Wiki­data ID
Q7084983
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In Other Languages

From Ghanaian Pidgin English to Hausa—“Old Slave Mart” goes by many names.
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Old Slave Mart”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “The Old Slave Mart Museum”
  • Hausa: “Kasuwar Tsaffin Bayi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Slave Mart”. Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.