where slaves were sold - View this location on map dont let the smiling women in 18th-century costumes or the hokey animatronic pirates in the basement of the old exchange and provost dungeon ( 843-727-2165), below, fool you. this handsome building -- a short walk from the russell house -- was one of the main transit points for slaves brought into the country during the 18th and 19th centuries. guides will surely point out that george washington was entertained in the ballroom on the second floor or that the daughters of the american revolution still meet in the parlor. information about plantation life, though, is harder to pull out of them. it is a place where the declaration of independence was read aloud and human beings were sold and shipped. New York Times 122 east bay street, Charleston, SC Historical

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