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Charles Sumner: “We have already provided that there shall be no exclusion in testimony on account of color: we must also provide that…”

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We have already provided that there shall be no exclusion in testimony on account of color: we must also provide that there shall be no exclusion from the jury on account of color; and until that provision is made by supreme national law, not to be set aside, justice is not fully done.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner calls for the elimination of racial exclusion from juries as a matter of justice.

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