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Title: The Daily Dispatch page 1, May 29, 1855. Reporting of capture of fugitive slaves belonging to Henry Shaw and Underground Railroad agents which include Mary Meachum.
Description: The Daily Dispatch page 1, May 29, 1855. Reporting of capture of fugitive slaves belonging to Henry Shaw and Underground Railroad agents which include Mary Meachum. See Image 0154 for full page.

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TitleThe Daily Dispatch page 1, May 29, 1855. Reporting of capture of fugitive slaves belonging to Henry Shaw and Underground Railroad agents which include Mary Meachum.
Creator
Subject African Americans
Alton (IL)
Bissell's Ferry
Bounty hunters
Chattel
Enslaved People
Enslaver
Esther (Enslaved Person)
Freedom Seeker
Illinois
Jim (Enslaved Person)
Jim Kennerly (Enslaved Person)
Lynch, Bernard
Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing
Meachum, Mary
Mississippi River
Missouri
Newspapers
Richmond (VA)
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889
Slave owners
Slavery
The Daily Dispatch
Underground Railroad
United States
Virginia

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DescriptionThe Daily Dispatch page 1, May 29, 1855. Reporting of capture of fugitive slaves belonging to Henry Shaw and Underground Railroad agents which include Mary Meachum. See Image 0154 for full page.
PublisherMissouri Botanical Garden
ContributorMissouri Botanical Garden
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Date scanned
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FormatTIF
IdentifierIMAGE 0155
SourceDigital Image
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