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While a young merchant in St. Louis Shaw began buying enslaved persons in the 1820s. In 1850 Shaw owned nine and by 1853 eleven; 1860 census records list eight enslaved persons. As with the 1850 census, their names were not listed. Please see the historical timeline for more information.
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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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Reynold's Political Map of the United States from 1850.
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Johnson's and Ward's 1866 map of the United States by Johnson and Ward. Shows the United States immediately after the American Civil War (1861-1865). Some western states are still territories at the time of this map.
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1860 Census of the United States statistics of slave states.
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Description of the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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Colton's map of Missouri from George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.
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Page from the Missouri Republican dated June 11, 1854 which contains the $400 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw for the return for escaped slave Sarah and her young son.
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The Missouri Republican from May 25, 1855 iwhich contains the $300 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw for the return for escaped slave Jim. Ad states that Jim escaped from Shaw's country estate Tower Grove.
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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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