dˈʊɹɹɪŋ hˈiːɾᵻd sˈɪvəl ɹˈaɪts dᵻbˈeɪts ɪnðə hˈaʊs ɪn ˈɜːli wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː, kɹˈʌtʃfiːld ˌɪntɹədˈuːst ɐ bᵻzˈɑːɹ ɐmˈɛndmənt tʊ ɐ sˈɪvəl ɹˈaɪts bˈɪl ðæt wʊdhɐv mˌeɪd ɪɾ ɐ kɹˈaɪm fɚɹə wˈaɪt wˈʊmən tə ɹᵻfjˈuːz ɐ pɹəpˈoʊzəl ʌv mˈæɹɪdʒ fɹʌm ɐ blˈæk mˈæn ɔnðə bˈeɪsɪs ʌv "ɹˈeɪs, kˈʌlɚ, ænd pɹˈiːviəs kəndˈɪʃən ʌv sˈɜːvɪtˌuːd."
During heated civil rights debates in the House in early 1873, Crutchfield introduced a bizarre amendment to a civil rights bill that would have made it a crime for a white woman to refuse a proposal of marriage from a black man on the basis of "race, color, and previous condition of servitude."