| Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen.
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| Title | In the Senate of the United States.
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| Published | [Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off., 1864]
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| Description | 28 p. ; 23 cm.
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| Series | Committee report (United States. Congress. Senate) ; 38th Congress, 1st session, no. 25.
Rep. Com. / 38th Congress, 1st session, Senate ; no. 25
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| General Note | Favorable to the prohibition of all exclusion of Negro witnesses in the courts of the United States.
Caption title.
Title on spine: Exclusion of colored testimony.
Running title: To secure equality before the law in the courts of the United States.
"February 29, 1864. Ordered to be printed."
"Mr. Sumner made the following report <to accompany bill S. no. 99>. The Committee on Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen, to whom was referred Senate bill (No. 99) entitled 'A bill to secure equality before the law in the courts of the United States,' have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report ..."
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| Cit./Ref. Note | References: Poore, B.P. Descriptive catalogue of the government publications of the United States, p. 822.
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| Subjects | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Freedmen.
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| Other Authors | Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
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| Organizations | United States. Congress (38th, 1st session : 1863-1864). Senate.
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| Related Titles | Exclusion of colored testimony.
To secure equality before the law in the courts of the United States.
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 185.61 U58
mq81984: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 48176] |
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