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Title: The $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw that appeared in the Missouri Republican on May 25, 1855 for the return for escaped slave Jim. See Image 0141 for full page.
Description: The $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw that appeared in the Missouri Republican on May 25, 1855 for the return for escaped slave Jim. Ad states that Jim escaped from Shaw's country estate Tower Grove. See Image 0141 for full page.

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TitleThe $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw that appeared in the Missouri Republican on May 25, 1855 for the return for escaped slave Jim. See Image 0141 for full page.
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
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889
Shaw, Henry--Townhouse
Slavery
St. Louis (MO)
Tower Grove House (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Underground Railroad

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DescriptionThe $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw that appeared in the Missouri Republican on May 25, 1855 for the return for escaped slave Jim. Ad states that Jim escaped from Shaw's country estate Tower Grove. See Image 0141 for full page.
PublisherMissouri Botanical Garden
ContributorMissouri Botanical Garden
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Date scanned
TypeImage
FormatTIF
IdentifierIMAGE 0142
SourceDigital Image
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