Title: Receipt from bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch to Henry Shaw itemizing costs incurred boarding captive enslaved persons, Sarah and Esther. Costs incurred arresting Esther and her subsequent sale to John D. Fondren of Vicksburg for $350. Dated July 30th, 1855.
Description: Receipt from bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch to Henry Shaw itemizing costs incurred boarding captive enslaved persons, Sarah and Esther. Costs incurred arresting Esther and her subsequent sale to John D. Fondren of Vicksburg for $350. Dated July 30th, 1855. See PHO2020-0044.
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Title | Receipt from bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch to Henry Shaw itemizing costs incurred boarding captive enslaved persons, Sarah and Esther. Costs incurred arresting Esther and her subsequent sale to John D. Fondren of Vicksburg for $350. Dated July 30th, 1855. |
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African Americans
Bounty hunters
Enslaved People
Enslaver
Esther (Enslaved Person)
Fondren, John D.
Freedom Seeker
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Fugitive slaves
Lynch, Bernard
Melvin, A.
Missouri
Receipts
Sarah (Enslaved Person)
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889
Shaw, Henry--Papers
Slave owners
Slavery
St. Louis (MO)
Underground Railroad
United States
Vicksburg (MS)
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Relation | PHO |
Description | Receipt from bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch to Henry Shaw itemizing costs incurred boarding captive enslaved persons, Sarah and Esther. Costs incurred arresting Esther and her subsequent sale to John D. Fondren of Vicksburg for $350. Dated July 30th, 1855. See PHO2020-0044. |
Publisher | Missouri Botanical Garden |
Contributor | Missouri Botanical Garden |
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Type | Image |
Format | TIF |
Identifier | PHO 2020-0043 |
Source | Photograph |
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Rights | http://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/copyright.asp |
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Condition of original | good |
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