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94 Smith Street, Charleston, SC 29401

The house was built before 1822

This house was built before 1822 as investment property by Moses Brown, a free man of color who founded the AME church in Charleston, and who later became a Bishop. He was suspected of involvement in the Denmark Vesey plot, but nothing was ever proven against him.

Moses Brown Property 94 and 96 Smith Street. Courtesy of Avery Photograph Collection, Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.