Charles Sumner: “If the courts are opened to colored witnesses, I insist by the same…”

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If the courts are opened to colored witnesses, I insist by the same title they must be opened to colored jurors.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner insists that if courts are open to colored witnesses, they must also be open to colored jurors, advocating for equality.

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Charles Sumner: “If the courts are opened to colored witnesses, I insist by the same title they must be opened to colored jurors.”