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Charleston Time Machine

Charleston Time Machine

By: Nic Butler Ph.D.
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 Dr. Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library, explores the less familiar corners of local history with stories that invite audiences to reflect on the enduring presence of the past in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.All rights reserved World
Episodes
  • Episode 313: The 1775 Debut of the South Carolina Flag

    Episode 313: The 1775 Debut of the South Carolina Flag
    Dec 19 2025
    In the autumn of 1775, rebellious South Carolinians raised a distinctive new flag over a waterfront fort just seized from British hands. Their commanding officer later described the creation of the state’s enduring banner in his memoir, but did not recall the date of its unveiling. Across Charleston Harbor, however, two British naval officers witnessed the flag’s debut and recorded a surprising detail regarding its appearance.
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    26 mins
  • Episode 312: The Demise of Butcher Town and the Charleston Abattoir

    Episode 312: The Demise of Butcher Town and the Charleston Abattoir
    Dec 5 2025
    The enclave known as Butcher Town flourished around Cannon’s millpond until 1850, when the expansion of Charleston’s city limits propelled the slaughtering business northward. The migration of butchers’ pens across the Neck then triggered a decades-long battle between private enterprise and public efforts to regulate the industry. Following a suite of political and technological developments in the early twentieth century, a modern municipal abattoir ultimately scrubbed the ancient blood-soaked industry from the local landscape.
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    32 mins
  • Episode 311: The Path to Butcher Town, Charleston's Slaughtering Suburb

    Episode 311: The Path to Butcher Town, Charleston's Slaughtering Suburb
    Nov 7 2025
    The residents of early Charleston lived cheek-by-jowl with the animals they consumed, and routinely witnessed cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats trotting through urban streets to meet the butcher’s blade. Efforts to push this bloody business out of the city center commenced in the late 1690s and evolved over the following century, during which local officials gradually pushed the slaughtering trade northward to a tidewater suburb that became known as Butcher Town.
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    31 mins
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