Title	Public auction of enslaved people circa 1850.
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Subject	African Americans American Civil War Bounty hunters Bridgette (Enslaved Person) Coss (Enslaved Person) Enslaved People Enslaver Esther (Enslaved Person) Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Fugitive slaves Jenny (Enslaved Person) Jim (Enslaved Person) Jim Kennerly (Enslaved Person) Joseph (Enslaved Person) Juliette (Enslaved Person) Lewis (Enslaved Person) Lynch, Bernard Meachum, John Berry Meachum, Mary Missouri Peach (Enslaved Person) Sally (Enslaved Person) Sarah (Enslaved Person) Servis (Enslaved Person) Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889 Slave trade Slavery St. Louis (MO) Tabitha (Enslaved Person) Underground Railroad United States
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Description	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.
Publisher	Missouri Botanical Garden
Contributor	Missouri Botanical Garden
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Format	TIF
Identifier	IMAGE 0132
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