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Confluence-Meachum-02

The group had started their journey at a ‘depot,’ the home of Mary Meachum, a free woman of color and the widow of a prominent African American clergyman, John Berry Meachum. Some of the group was apprehended. Among them were Esther and her two children who belonged to Henry Shaw, a prominent St. Louisan.

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Uploaded on May 9, 2008
Taken on May 22, 2004