[T]he statute in question establishes an in- sidious distinction and discrimination be- tween citizens of the United States, based on race, which is obnoxious to the fundamental principles of national citizenship, perpet- uates involuntary servitude, as regards citi- zens of the colored race, under the merest pretense of promoting the comfort of pas-

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sengers on railway trains, and in further re- spects abridfes the privileges and immun- ities resp...

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