| Title: Receipt from bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch to Henry Shaw for tracking and return of escaped enslaved person, Sarah and her child, dated June 17th, 1854.
Description: Receipt of payment to bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch on behalf of Mr. Moreland and Shaw for information, tracking, and return of their escaped slaves (Sarah and her child). Dated June 17th, 1854 and signed by a S. Meloin.
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| Title | Receipt from bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch to Henry Shaw for tracking and return of escaped enslaved person, Sarah and her child, dated June 17th, 1854. |  | Creator |  |  | Subject | African Americans Bounty hunters
 Chicago
 Enslaved People
 Enslaver
 Freedom Seeker
 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
 Fugitive slaves
 Illinois
 Lynch, Bernard
 Meloin S.
 Missouri
 Moreland
 Receipts
 Sarah (Enslaved Person)
 Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889
 Shaw, Henry--Papers
 Slave owners
 Slavery
 St. Louis (MO)
 Underground Railroad
 United States
 
 
 |  | Relation | PHO |  | Description | Receipt of payment to bounty hunter, Bernard Lynch on behalf of Mr. Moreland and Shaw for information, tracking, and return of their escaped slaves (Sarah and her child). Dated June 17th, 1854 and signed by a S. Meloin. |  | Publisher | Missouri Botanical Garden |  | Contributor | Missouri Botanical Garden |  | Date of original |  |  | Date scanned |  |  | Type | Image |  | Format | TIF |  | Identifier | PHO 2020-0042 |  | Source | Photograph |  | Language |  |  | Coverage |  |  | Rights | http://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/copyright.asp |  | Width of original |  |  | Height of original |  |  | Condition of original | good |  |