🔒 Charleston Workhouse

The Charleston Workhouse was a facility in Charleston, South Carolina, used primarily for the imprisonment and punishment of enslaved individuals. Located on Magazine Street, adjacent to the Old Charleston Jail, the Workhouse operated as a site where enslavers could pay to have enslaved people confined and subjected to physical punishment. The facility was known for its harsh conditions, including floggings, confinement in stocks, and forced labor on a treadmill used for grinding corn. The Workhouse was damaged in the 1886 Charleston earthquake and was never rebuilt.