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Plat map drawn for the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees in 1923 for the new Shaw's Garden's Subdivision today known as the Southwest Garden neighborhood. See Image 0144 and Image 0145.
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Textual detail from plat map drawn for the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees for the Shaw's Garden's Subdivision in 1923. See Image 0143 and Image 0145.
1923 |
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Textual detail from plat map drawn for the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees for the Shaw's Garden's Subdivision in 1923. See Image 0143 and Image 0144.
1923 |
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Receipt from bounty hunter Benard Lynch for $100 to Henry Shaw itemizing costs incurred capturing enslaved person, Esther in Illinois and returning her to Saint Louis. Dated May 21st, 1855.
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1853 tax statement (personal property tax) to the City of Saint Louis from Henry Shaw stating his ownership of 11 enslaved persons.
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1854 tax statement (personal property tax) to the City of Saint Louis from Henry Shaw stating his ownership of ten enslaved persons.
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1855 tax statement (personal property tax) to the City of Saint Louis from Henry Shaw stating his ownership of four enslaved persons.
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United States Census record for 1850 showing Henry Shaw's ownership of nine enslaved people.
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United States Census record for 1860 showing Henry Shaw's ownership of eight enslaved people.
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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.
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