The $400 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw in the Missouri Republican on June 11, 1854, for the return of escaped slave Sarah and her young son.

Title
The $400 reward ad placed by Henry Shaw in the Missouri Republican on June 11, 1854, for the return of escaped slave Sarah and her young son.
Description
This newspaper advertisement, placed by Henry Shaw, promises a $300 reward for the capture of Sarah and $100 for her son, both of whom Henry Shaw enslaved. Sarah is a "mulatto woman" about twenty years of age, "of medium height, slender, consumptive make, and bad teeth, some of which have been gold plugged in front," and her son is "four years old, a strong, hearty looking child, with curly hair, and a shade darker than the woman."
Date
June 11, 1854
Transcription
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.

RANAWAY from St. Louis, on the 17th or 18th of May, a mulatto woman named SARAH, about twenty years of age, of medium height, slender, consumptive look, and bad teeth, some of which have been gold plugged in front—talking with her a little mulatto boy about four years old, a strong, hearty looking child, with curly hair, and a shade darker than the woman. Three hundred dollars will be given for the woman, and one hundred dollars for the child, delivered to Mr. Lynch, Locust Street between Third and Fourth, St. Louis.

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HENRY SHAW.
Place
St. Louis
Publisher
Missouri Republican
Source
Missouri Botanical Garden
Rights
©2017 Missouri Botanical Garden
http://www.mobot.org
Identifier
IMAGE 0140
IMAGE 0139
Language
English
Relation
Henry Shaw
Medium
Newspaper
Rights Holder
©2017 Missouri Botanical Garden
http://www.mobot.org
Mentioned Person
Sarah (Sally)
Jemmy
Henry Shaw

Linked resources

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
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
Sarah (Sally)