Donald Trump's global steel and aluminum tariffs have intensified a global trade war and caused yet more chaos in financial institutions around the world. In the United States, Wall Street is on edge, with the New York Stock Exchange seeing billions wiped off market share values.
Wall Street has seen it all before. In 1929, it was rocked to the core as a sharp decline in stock market values led to the Great Depression. Decades later in 1987, the first contemporary global financial crisis unfolded. On that occasion, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went into free fall.
The history of Wall Street is tumultuous. But how did this symbol of financial power evolve, and where does a slave market and sycamore tree figure in the story? Click through the following gallery and learn more about this historic street in New York's Lower Manhattan.