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.

“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”. 1854. Newspaper. Henry Shaw. Missouri Republican, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/59861

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.

[j5 lo]
HENRY SHAW.
Place: St. Louis
Publisher: Missouri Republican
Source: Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifier: IMAGE 0140
IMAGE 0139
Language: English
Relation: Henry Shaw
Medium: Newspaper
Mentioned Person: Sarah (Sally); Jemmy; Henry Shaw

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.

Linked resources

Items with "Relation: 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."

Items with "Replaces: 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."

Items with "Referred to in: 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."