Colton Atlas, 1855, showing former sites of slave trade bordering the National Mall
Item
Title
Colton Atlas, 1855, showing former sites of slave trade bordering the National Mall
Description
Slave trading establishments in Washington, DC are superimposed on this 1855 Atlas of Washington, DC to show the locations of a few of the many slave trading establishments in the city. Businesses flourished on the Mall's borders including slave traders who operated from hotels, auction houses, and taverns until the trade was abolished in the District of Columbia in 1850. South of the Mall, the Yellow House and Robey's were notoriously cruel slave pens. North of the Mall, sales at auction houses flourished, promoted in local newspaper advertisements.
Creator
G. W. Colton
Source
David Rumsey Map Collection. View original.
Publisher
New York: J.H. Colton
Coverage
1830-1859
Extent
800 x 398 px..
topic
civil rights
commerce & trade
ghost mall