Sarah

“Sarah”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/47779

Name
Sarah
Description
Sarah, the daughter of Tabitha, was sold with her mother and brother, Joseph, to Henry Shaw on November 7, 1848, when she was about nine years old.
Bio
Sarah, the daughter of Tabitha, was sold with her mother and brother, Joseph, to Henry Shaw on November 7, 1848, when she was about nine years old.
Birth Date
1839
Value Annotations
Date Certainty
Approximate
Source
Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved persons Joseph, Tabitha, and her daughter Sarah by Henry Shaw in 1848
1835
Value Annotations
Date Certainty
Questionable
Source
1850 Slave Inhabitant Schedule, St. Louis Central South Half, Henry Shaw
Inferred that Sarah, who was about 11 according to other documents, is the 15-year-old recorded in the 1850 Slave Schedule.
Sex
Female
Referred to in
Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved persons Joseph, Tabitha, and her daughter Sarah by Henry Shaw in 1848
1850 Slave Inhabitant Schedule, St. Louis Central South Half, Henry Shaw
Enslaver
Henry Shaw

Linked resources

“Sarah”. n.d, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/47779