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2 unusual facts about Polly Berry


Polly Berry

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.

In her 1839 case, Polly deposed that she was held as a child in slavery in Wayne County, Kentucky by Joseph Crockett.



see also

Edward Bates

Lucy Berry, 14-year-old slave freed in suit brought by her mother Polly Berry and argued by Bates