ABSTRACT
About the year 1809, a colored man, by the name of Peter, and a slave for life, went to the city of Philadelphia, with permission, in writing, from his mistress, who resided in Newcastle county, in the State of Delaware. This paper stated, that the price of Peter was two hundred dollars. He had been in Philadelphia but a short time, when he found a person, John Miller, jr., 2 who agreed to pay the amount demanded, and take an indenture upon him for a few years; but when the money was about to be paid, Joseph Taggart, the agent of the mistress, declined receiving it, saying that she had given directions that he should return home. John Miller was a respectable merchant, and a man of humanity and benevolence, and he concluded to make an effort to compel the mistress to carry into effect the agreement she had voluntarily made with Peter, not so much with an eye to his own interest, as from a desire that Peter might get his liberty. He called upon me, and exhibited the paper given to Peter by his mistress. He also informed me of what had occurred between him and the agent. I became convinced that Peter could not be removed to Delaware without his consent, for the reasons mentioned in the letter published below, from Miers Fisher. 3
