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" During the settling of the American colonies, it was said that the Spaniards would first build a church, the Dutch would first build a fort and the English a tavern. Welcome to Charleston, an English colony founded in 1670. "

― Mark R. Jones , Doin' the Charleston: Black Roots of American Popular Music & the Jenkins Orphanage Legacy

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Mark R. Jones quote : During the settling of the American colonies, it was said that the Spaniards would first build a church, the Dutch would first build a fort and the English a tavern. Welcome to Charleston, an English colony founded in 1670.
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