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- 2. With a city as old as
Charleston, you can bet it
is teeming with history.
- 3. And what better way to step
into history than by visiting a
notable home?
- 6. Nathaniel Russell was a Rhode
Islander, but made a fortune in
Charleston from the tobacco, cotton,
and slave trades.
- 7. The house appears just as it
did in 1808. As such, it hold
great educational value for
the history of the Russell
family.
- 8. You can also learn about how wealthy
Americans lived two centuries ago.
- 11. It belonged to a merchant who was
forced to sell it after he lost five ships
at sea.
- 13. The house also houses a formidable art
collection, which is fully restored!