Cooke v. Cooke

Opinion op the Court.

William Cooke entered into an agreement with his slave, Peter, to emancipate him, on the payment of two hundred and fifty dollars; or rather, the contract was made with Seth Cooke and Abraham Bohannon, as agents for the slave, and was reduced to writing and signed by them in these words:-

u A statement of a contract made by William Cooke and us, Seth Cooke and Abraham Bohannon, as agents for Peter, á slave, on the terms following: Said Cooke agrees to emancipate Peter, for two hundred and fifty dollars, with interest on one huudred and twenty-five dollars from the 4th day…