I do not know that any rule of law, constitutional or statutory, ever prohibited the acceptance, organization, and muster of ‘persons of African descent’ into the military service of the United States as enlisted men or volunteers.
Sumner asserts that there is no legal barrier to enlisting African descent individuals in the military.
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