[PAR] [TLE] Polly Berry [SEP] Polly Berry, also known as Polly Crockett and Polly Wash (b. ca. 1818 – d. ca. 1870–1880), was an enslaved African-American woman who on October 3, 1839 filed a freedom suit in St. Louis, Missouri, which she won in 1843 based on having been held illegally as a slave for an extended period of time in the free state of Illinois.  In 1842 Berry sued for the freedom of her daughter Lucy Ann Berry, based on "partus sequitur ventrem" (the child is born into the status of the mother), which she won in 1844 in a case argued by Edward Bates, the future U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln. [PAR] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln [SEP] Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.  Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.  In doing so, he preserved the Union, paved the way to the abolition of slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
[PAR] [TLE] Polly Berry [ SEP ] Polly Berry , also known as Polly Crockett and Polly Wash ( b. ca . 1818 – d. ca . 1870–1880 ) , was an enslaved African - American woman who on October 3 , 1839 filed a freedom suit in St. Louis , Missouri , which she won in 1843 based on having been held illegally as a slave for an extended period of time in the free state of Illinois . In 1842 Berry sued for the freedom of her daughter Lucy Ann Berry , based on " partus sequitur ventrem " ( the child is born into the status of the mother ) , which she won in 1844 in a case argued by Edward Bates , the future U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln . [PAR] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln [ SEP ] Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12 , 1809 – April 15 , 1865 ) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865 . Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War — its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral , constitutional , and political crisis . In doing so , he preserved the Union , paved the way to the abolition of slavery , strengthened the federal government , and modernized the economy .
The 16th President of the United States named which man the U.S. Attorney General after arguing a case for Polly Berry?
The 16th President of the United States named which man the U.S. Attorney General after arguing a case for Polly Berry ?
Edward Bates
Edward Bates