Reward poster for runaway slave in Missouri

Wanted poster for an escaped slave, "a negro boy named Aaron or Ape" who "is about 20 years old, six feet high, with rather unusually large legs and arms; walks bent forward with one foot turned out more than the other." The owner, O. M. Harris of Monroe County Missouri, offers a sliding scale reward depending on the distance at which his slave might be recaptured.

Folder: MO1