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I might not be a religious person , but I have enough respect not to misuse it for recreational amusement , like you . The only question under the present head , therefore , is , whether the refusal to any persons of the accommodations of an inn , or a public conveyance , or a place of public amusement , by an individual , and without any sanction or support from any state law or regulation , does inflict upon such persons any manner of servitude , or form of slavery , as those terms are understood in this country ? Now , conceding , for the sake of the argument , that the admission to an inn , a public conveyance , or a place of public amusement , on equal terms with all other citizens , is the right of every man and all classes of men , is it any more than one of those rights which the states by the fourteenth amendment are forbidden to deny to any person ? He was a source of endless amusement , since he was so tame that he used to wait outside and scamper after them wherever they went .