Fashionable 16th Street

Historical marker location:

3025 Mt Pleasant St NW, Mount Pleasant, District of Columbia

( Marker is on 16th Street Northwest just north of Harvard Street Northwest, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2006

Village in the City. Mount Pleasant Heritage Trail

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.