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Old Slave Mart Museum vs Nathaniel Russell House
Nathaniel Russell House and Old Slave Mart Museum are both rated very highly by expert writers. On balance, Nathaniel Russell House is the choice of most writers compared to Old Slave Mart Museum. Nathaniel Russell House has a TripExpert Score of 92 with endorsements from 7 reviewers like Fodor's, Travel + Leisure and Afar Magazine.
Old Slave Mart Museum
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6 Chalmers St., Charleston, SC 29401
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"This is thought to be the state's only existing building that was used for slave auctioning, a practice that ended here in 1863."
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Travel + Leisure
"An intelligent museum in a former slave-trade sales room."
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"The museum tells the stories of the African-Americans who passed through its gates and their contributions to American society and culture. Open M-Sa 9 am-5 pm."
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Atlas Obscura
"South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history. "
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Travel + Leisure
"The museum, housed in a building once used as a gallery where enslaved people were auctioned, tells this tragic story."
Nathaniel Russell House
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51 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
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"Its grand beauty is proof of the immense wealth Russell accumulated as one of the city's leading merchants."
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"The excellent guided tours provide context not only about the Russell family, but also the enslaved African Americans."
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Travel + Leisure
"On lower Meeting Street, the circa-1808 Nathaniel Russell House has the most impressive curved staircase I’ve ever seen."
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Michelin Guide
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"Flanked by a formal English garden, Nathaniel Russell's Federal-style residence was completed in 1808."
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Afar Magazine
"This beautiful Neoclassical house, built in 1809, is maybe the best historic home open for tours in a city dripping with history."
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