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But if slaves generally have a sufficient amount of religious belief to supply the sanction of an oath, it is clear that they are not so degraded as to justify their exclusion as sworn witnesses.
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In this quote, Sumner argues that if slaves possess enough religious belief to uphold an oath, they should not be excluded from testifying.
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