These Scriptures, therefore, are infinitely far from justifying the slavery under consideration; for it cannot be made to appear that one in a thousand of these slaves has done any thing to forfeit his own liberty.

  • -- Samuel Hopkins 塞缪尔·霍普金斯

因此,这些经文远不能证明正在审议的奴隶制是正当的;因为不能让人看出这些奴隶中有千分之一的人做过任何丧失自己自由的事。

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Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!

血是一种净化和神圣化的东西,把它视为最后的恐怖的国家已经丧失了它的男子气概……有许多事情比流血更可怕,奴隶制就是其中之一!

I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms.

我预先声明和抗议,我并不打算,至少在这个时候;以奴隶制的任何一种细分或形式被引入或被迫进入奴隶制问题。