Development of the Colca Valley

Historical marker location:

Adams Morgan, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 16th Street Northwest just south of Fuller Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south.)

40th Anniversary of the First Descent of the Colca Canyon in Peru. Canoandes '79

The District was a major center of the slave trade in the 19th century: Prior to the Civil War, Washington, D.C. was home to one of the largest slave markets in the country. Slaves were bought and sold in public auctions held in the city, and many prominent politicians and businessmen owned slaves.