1855 Sacramento State Convention Testimony Exclusion Law Resolution
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Title
1855 Sacramento State Convention Testimony Exclusion Law Resolution
Subject
1855 Sacramento State Convention resolves to work to abrogate the testimony exclusion law.
Description
From the convention minutes of the 1855 Sacramento State Convention. Delegates resolve to work to abrogate the testimony exclusion law.
Source
coloredconventions.org
Publisher
Democratic State Journal Print (1855); Colored Conventions Project (2016).
Date
1855-11
Type
Convention Minutes
Scripto
Transcription
Resolved, That we will memorialize the Legislature, at its approaching session, for a repeal of the 3d and 4th paragraphs of Section 394, of an Act passed April 29th, 1851, entitled, "An Act to regulate proceedings in civil cases in the courts of justice of this State." And also for the repeal of the fourteenth Section of "An Act concerning crimes and Punishments."
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
City
Sacramento
State
CA
Country
USA
Contributor
This transcription is the combination of work from more than 4,500 people who volunteered during the 2022 celebration of Douglass Day, held in partnership with Zooniverse.
Event ID
1855.CA-11.20.SACR
Citation
1855 Sacramento State Convention, “1855 Sacramento State Convention Testimony Exclusion Law Resolution,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/1461.