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I speak now of colored jurors; and I submit, as beyond all question, that every reason or argument which opens the courts to colored witnesses must open them to colored jurors.
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Sumner argues for the inclusion of colored jurors in the justice system, emphasizing that if colored witnesses are allowed, jurors should be too.
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