Some suits had been filed against the leading families of St. Louis, such as Chouteau, Cabanné, Sarpy and Papin, who were slaveholders before and after the Louisiana Purchase.
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In her 1839 case, Polly deposed that she was held as a child in slavery in Wayne County, Kentucky by Joseph Crockett.
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Lucy Berry, 14-year-old slave freed in suit brought by her mother Polly Berry and argued by Bates