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Saturday, 19 January 2008

Black lawyers

A coloured barrister, Mr Rainy of Sierra Leone, appeared as one of the counsel in a case which came before the Court of the Queens Bench in London on Monday. The learned gentleman, whose appearance excited some interest at the bar, stated the case with considerable ability


Beehive 23 November 1867
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