Charles Sumner: “I say, therefore, from the necessity of the case, and also from the…”

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I say, therefore, from the necessity of the case, and also from the analogy of witnesses, the courts should be opened to colored jurors.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner argues that the courts should allow colored jurors based on necessity and the precedent set for witnesses.

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