|
Henry Shaw's townhouse at 7th and Locust Streets in downtown St. Louis, Shaw is visible standing on balcony. Copy of daguerreotype made around 1851.
1851 |
|
|
Henry Shaw in 1851 on balcony of his townhouse at 7th and Locust image from from daguerrotype. Copy by Erker Bros. Optical Co., dated March 30, 1912.
1851 |
|
|
Henry Shaw Memorabilia. Revolver, holster, pistol, handcuffs. No date. Disappeared when on display in Tower Grove House sometime after renovation in the 1950's.
|
|
|
View of Tower Grove House showing the original east wing from 1849 which would later be removed and rebuilt.
1890 |
|
|
While a young merchant in St. Louis Shaw began buying enslaved persons in the 1820s. In 1850 Shaw owned nine and by 1853 eleven; 1860 census records list eight enslaved persons. As with the 1850 census, their names were not listed. Please see the historical timeline for more information.
|
|
|
While a merchant in St. Louis Shaw began buying enslaved people in the 1820s with the earliest existing record being that of Peach in 1828. 1850 census records indicate Shaw owned nine enslaved people and by 1853 that number had grown to eleven, 1860 census records show him with eight enslaved people. Their names were not listed in either the 1850 or 1860 U.S. Census. Please see the historical timeline section for more information on this subject. Image is for reference.
|
|
|
Reynold's Political Map of the United States from 1850.
1850 |
|
|
1860 Census of the United States statistics of slave states.
1860 |
|
|
Description of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
|
|
|
Colton's map of Missouri from George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.
1855 |
|
