This is the bill of sale of Juliette, previously enslaved by Antoine Chenie, to Henry Shaw at the cost of eight hundred and thirty six dollars. This is dated May 20th, 1836 and manumitted April 24th, 1839.
Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved persons Joseph, Tabitha, and her daughter Sarah by Henry Shaw in 1848. For the price of 1050 dollars, they were sold by Thomas H. Purnell to Henry Shaw.
Augustus O. Thornton was one of the few Black students admitted to Washington University’s Manual Training School in the late 19th century. Graduating in 1892 alongside Eugene Hutt, Thornton was known for his academic diligence and leadership. After graduation, he became a public school teacher and later dean of boys at Sumner High School, the first high school for African Americans west of the Mississippi River. His career reflected the limited but vital educational and professional pathways open to Black educators in the segregated school systems of the era.
The document details:
6 months of 26 dollar per month for rent,
22 months of 20 dollar per month for unnamed expense,
"Mount of Peter's hier" - $262,
"Mount of Bridget's hiear" - $93
Deducts per time hours entry
Due by Peter - $111
Due by Bridget -$13
Due by Hour Peter - $25
Mount of Last Review
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To Peter - $150
To Bridget - $20
Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Schedule 2, Slave Inhabitants, Central Township. St. Louis, Missouri, 02, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
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.
The document is a bill of sale of Esther to Henry Shaw. The document describes Esther to be of 41 years of age and to have been previously enslaved by John Brown, now deceased, and then by Ludowig Finkman, the father-in-law of John Knippenberg, who is selling Esther to Henry Shaw at 400 dollars.
A memorandum was issued on 1 May 1840 for a two-year extension of the loan agreement initially settled on 1 February 1839 between John Berry Meachum and Henry Shaw.
