The 27th of July found Carol and me in Charleston, S.C., the Mother City of the South, the Queen City of the Confederate. Early on that Sunday morning we joined a tour of historic downtown led by a man named Tommy Dew. We started our walk at the head of the historic slave market. Despite its name, no slaves were sold there. Instead, slaves shopped there to buy the food they prepared for their owners. Many slaves were sold elsewhere in Charleston. It was the number one port in the North American slave trade. One-third of all African-Americans can trace their roots through Charleston, S.C. There were three times more African-Americans who came through Charleston than whites who came through Ellis Island. Established in 1680, this city was populated by some of the best artisans of Western Europe who traveled there to escape religious persecution. Blacksmiths, cabinet makers, and masons who were Anglicans, Episcopalians, and Huguenots all lived together in tolerance.