1855-05-20 An enslaved person Jim escapes from Henry Shaw · WashU & Slavery

Title: 1855-05-20 An enslaved person Jim escapes from Henry Shaw
Description: On May 25, 1855, the Missouri Republican published an advertisement issued by Henry Shaw, offering a $300 reward for the return of Jim, an enslaved person owned by Shaw who had apparently escaped on May 20, 1855. The newspaper contains physical descriptions of Jim.
Event Type: Violence: Capture; Communication; Mention: Disappearance
Action Status: Unknown
Date: May 20, 1855
Date Certainty: Approximate
Location: "The subscriber's country residence," presumably Henry Shaw's Tower Grove house
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Relation: Henry Shaw
Primary Participant: James (Jim) Kennerly
Primary Participant Description: Mulatto boy, aged about twenty, about five(?) feet six inches tall: rather stout made, mild spoken, intelligent, and called himself Jim Kennerly, according to the ad
Freedom Status: Transition
Enslaver: Henry Shaw
Age: about 20
Sex: Male