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And, above all, that odious rule of evidence, so injurious to justice and discreditable to the country, excluding the testimony of colored persons, may be abolished, at least in national courts.
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Sumner calls for the abolition of a discriminatory rule that excludes the testimony of colored persons in national courts.
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