Charles Sumner: “By the Civil Rights Law colored persons were assured in the right to…”

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By the Civil Rights Law colored persons were assured in the right to testify, which in most of the States was denied or abridged.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner highlights the legal rights granted to colored persons under the Civil Rights Law, particularly the right to testify.

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Charles Sumner: “By the Civil Rights Law colored persons were assured in the right to testify, which in most of the States was denied or…”