But the Senator will not forget that there are other slaves besides
those of the master under trial, as well as colored persons who are
not slaves. Whether slaves or not, even if freemen, the Senator knows
well that there is one cruel rule of evidence everywhere in the Rebel
States, which excludes the testimony of colored persons.
The amendment was rejected: Yeas 14, Nays 25.
This was the third move against exclusion of witnesses on
account of color.[310]