RESOLVED, That the Select Committee on the confiscation of Rebel property be directed to consider the expediency of providing, that, in all judicial proceedings to confiscate the property and free the slaves of Rebels, there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color.
Sumner advocates for inclusivity in judicial proceedings regarding the confiscation of property from Rebels during the Civil War.
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