The Presidents

Historical marker location:

2300 Wyoming Avenue Northwest, Sheridan-Kalorama, District of Columbia

( Marker is at the intersection of Wyoming Avenue Northwest and 23rd Street Northwest, on the right when traveling east on Wyoming Avenue Northwest. Reported damaged.)

Sheridan Kalorama. Call Box Restoration Project.

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.