Report of the Select Committee on Petitions Therein Named.

[Columbus, Ohio?] : [publisher not identified], [1840]

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"The select committee to whom was referred the petitions 'to allow every human being the right of trial by Jury, and to abolish all distinctions in regard to color,' now report: It is the opinion of the committee that every black or mulattoe person, who is an actual resident of this State, has by our present laws an undoubted right of trial by jury. At every period of our history, this class of our population have had secured to them this invaluable privilege, and there is no disposition manifested in any quarter to abridge this right. The only persons therefore, if the committee correctly understand the object of the petitioners, for whom a right of trial by jury is prayed, are fugitives from service from States, in which slavery is tolerated."--Page 1.

"House--February 20, 1840."

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