Archibald C. White charges William D. Kneel with fraud in relation to the swapping and selling of a slave named Harriet. White argues that "he Exchanged with William D Kneel ... a Negro girl by the Name of Harriet about Sixteen years old for a Boy by the Name of Willis aged about Tenn years old." White reveals that shortly thereafter Kneel filed a suit for damages that alleged Harriet "had fits while in his possession and was not worth anything." Noting that "She was a sound girl and had never had fits" during his four-year ownership, White states that he offered "to gite the girl and have her Examind by Physians and that kneel refused to Let him have her." The petitioner further alleges "that befour the treal ... kneel Rane Said girl off to the state of Alabama and Solde hur to one William Lackey for a Sound girl and got a sound price for hur." White reports that he obtained a copy of Kneel's bill of sale to Lackey when Kneel's suit yielded a judgment against him and that Lackey himself attests that Harriet "is a sound girl has not bin Sick one day sence he purchased her from kneel has never had a fit Sence he ow[ne]d hur and is worth Eight hundred dollars." White asks that the court issue an injunction against Kneel to prevent him from collecting any of the judgment settlement against him.
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