The act to be proposed to America, as an auspicious beginning to lay the first stone of universal liberty to mankind, should be what no American could hesitate an instant to comply with, namely, that every slave in North America should be entitled to his trial by jury in all criminal cases.
Sumner advocates for the right to a trial by jury for all slaves in North America as a fundamental step towards universal liberty.
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