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Title: The Missouri Republican from May 25, 1855 which contains the $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw for the return for escaped slave Jim.
Description: The Missouri Republican from May 25, 1855 iwhich contains the $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw for the return for escaped slave Jim. Ad states that Jim escaped from Shaw's country estate Tower Grove.

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TitleThe Missouri Republican from May 25, 1855 which contains the $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw for the return for escaped slave Jim.
Creator
Subject Advertisment
African Americans
Bissell's Ferry
Bounty hunters
Enslaved People
Enslaver
Freedom Seeker
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Fugitive slaves
Jim (Enslaved Person)
Jim Kennerly (Enslaved Person)
Lynch, Bernard
Meachum, Mary
Missouri
Missouri Republican (newspaper)
Newspapers
Reward
Saint Louis
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889
Shaw, Henry--Townhouse
Slavery
Tower Grove House (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Underground Railroad
United States

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DescriptionThe Missouri Republican from May 25, 1855 iwhich contains the $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw for the return for escaped slave Jim. Ad states that Jim escaped from Shaw's country estate Tower Grove.
PublisherMissouri Botanical Garden
ContributorMissouri Botanical Garden
Date of original
Date scanned
TypeImage
FormatTIF
IdentifierIMAGE 0141
SourceDigital Image
Language
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Rightshttp://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/copyright.asp
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