When I consider how for a long time the African was shut out from testifying in court, even when seeking redress for the grossest outrage, and how at this time in some places the Chinese is also shut out from testifying in court, each seems to have been little better than the Pariah.
Sumner draws parallels between the historical exclusion of African Americans and contemporary discrimination against Chinese individuals in legal contexts.
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