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Title: Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person Sarah and her infant child by Henry Shaw in 1850. Back of record.
Description: Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person Sarah and her infant child by Henry Shaw in 1850. Back of record. States that child is a fugitive at Chicago with the mother 1854. See PHO2020-0038.

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TitleBill of sale for purchase of enslaved person Sarah and her infant child by Henry Shaw in 1850. Back of record.
Creator
Subject African Americans
Chicago
Enslaved People
Enslaver
Freedom Seeker
Fugitive slaves
Illinois
Missouri
Receipts
Sarah (Enslaved Person)
Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889
Shaw, Henry--Papers
Slave owners
Slavery
St. Louis (MO)
Underground Railroad
United States

RelationPHO
DescriptionBill of sale for purchase of enslaved person Sarah and her infant child by Henry Shaw in 1850. Back of record. States that child is a fugitive at Chicago with the mother 1854. See PHO2020-0038.
PublisherMissouri Botanical Garden
ContributorMissouri Botanical Garden
Date of original
Date scanned
TypeImage
FormatTIF
IdentifierPHO 2020-0039
SourcePhotograph
Language
Coverage
Rightshttp://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/copyright.asp
Width of original
Height of original
Condition of originalgood

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