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Negro Testimony

Summary

Negro testimony in DC limited to cases before Commissioners of Emancipation. In 19 states Negroes can testify in all court cases; in slave states no such right exists.

Article Source

Newspaper: The American Sentinel

Publication Date: May 2nd, 1862

Page/Column: 2D

Town: Westminster, MD

County: Carroll

Subjects

  • Slavery / Emancipation
  • Civil Liberties
  • African Americans

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