Polly Berry (b. ca.1818--d. ca.1870--1880) was an African-American slave who in the 1840s successfully sued for her freedom and that of her daughter Lucy Ann Berry in St. Louis, Missouri.
Polly Berry (b. ca.1818--d. ca.1870--1880) was an African American woman who was born free but illegally enslaved and held for decades. In the 1840s she successfully sued for her freedom and that of her daughter Lucy Ann Berry in St. Louis, Missouri.