William, a "boy of colour," petitions through his next friend and former owner, Leroy Cole, to protect his future emancipation. When William was very young, Cole and Samuel Rankin agreed that Rankin would raise William and in exchange William would serve Rankin until he reached the age of twenty-eight. Rankin, however, sold the residue of William's term to James Miller, and now Miller is planning to move to Missouri. William fears Miller will sell him as a slave for life in Missouri and he asks the court to restrain Miller from removing him and to compel Miller to execute bond of $500 or have the sheriff take charge of him.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Harrison County Courthouse, Cynthiana, Kentucky
