Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 15
If with the latter, what are you prepared to do and dare in their behalf?
Wenn mit letzteren, was sind Sie bereit, in ihrem Namen zu tun und zu wagen?
Be faithful, be vigilant, be untiring in your efforts to break every yoke, and let the oppressed go free.
Seien Sie treu, seien Sie wachsam, seien Sie unermüdlich in Ihren Bemühungen, jedes Joch zu brechen, und lassen Sie die Unterdrückten frei.
WM. LLOYD GARRISON BOSTON,
WM. LLOYD GARRISON BOSTON,
_May_ 1, 1845.
_Mai_ 1, 1845.
LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESQ.
BRIEF VON WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESQ.
BOSTON, _April_ 22, 1845.
BOSTON, _April_ 22, 1845.
My Dear Friend:
Mein lieber Freund:
We have been left long enough to gather the character of slavery from the involuntary evidence of the masters.
Wir wurden lange genug damit belassen, das Wesen der Sklaverei aus den unfreiwilligen Zeugnissen der Herren zu erschließen.
One might, indeed, rest sufficiently satisfied with what, it is evident, must be, in general, the results of such a relation, without seeking farther to find whether they have followed in every instance.
Man könnte sich in der Tat hinreichend damit zufriedengeben, was offensichtlich im Allgemeinen die Ergebnisse einer solchen Beziehung sein müssen, ohne weiter zu suchen, ob sie in jedem einzelnen Fall eingetreten sind.
I remember that, in 1838, many were waiting for the results of the West India experiment, before they could come into our ranks.
Ich erinnere mich, dass im Jahr 1838 viele auf die Ergebnisse des Westindien-Experiments warteten, bevor sie unseren Reihen beitreten konnten.
Vocabulary
- Wenn
- if; when (conditional conjunction)
- mit
- with; accompanied by or using something
- letzteren
- the latter; the second of two things
- was
- what; used in questions or relative clauses
- sind
- are; second person plural or formal singular present tense
- Sie
- you; formal singular or plural pronoun
- bereit
- ready; prepared or willing to do something
- in
- in; inside or within a place or time
- ihrem
- their; possessive pronoun, dative or accusative case
- Namen
- name; what someone or something is called
- zu
- to; infinitive marker or preposition indicating direction
- tun
- to do; to perform or carry out an action
- und
- and; conjunction connecting words or clauses
- wagen
- to dare; to risk or venture something
- treu
- loyal; faithful or devoted to someone
- wachsam
- vigilant; watchful and alert to danger
- unermüdlich
- tireless; working without stopping or losing energy
- Ihren
- your; formal possessive pronoun, accusative or dative
- Bemühungen
- efforts; attempts or exertions to achieve something
- jedes
- each; every single one of things
- brechen
- to break; to fracture or shatter something
- lassen
- to let; to allow or cause something to happen
- die
- the; definite article, feminine singular or plural
- Unterdrückten
- oppressed; people suffering under unjust authority
- frei
- free; not under control or constraint
- Mai
- May; the fifth month of the year
- BRIEF
- letter; written message sent to someone
- VON
- of; from or belonging to something
- Mein
- my; possessive pronoun, singular nominative
- lieber
- dear; beloved or valued person
- Freund
- friend; person with whom one has affection
- Wir
- we; first person plural pronoun
- wurden
- were; past tense of werden (to become)
- lange
- long; for an extended period of time
- genug
- enough; sufficient quantity or amount
- damit
- with it; so that or in order that
- belassen
- to leave; to let remain as it is
- das
- the; definite article, neuter singular
- Wesen
- essence; the nature or fundamental character
- der
- the; definite article, feminine singular or genitive
- Sklaverei
- slavery; state of being enslaved by another
- aus
- from; out of or originating in place
- den
- the; definite article, dative or accusative plural
- unfreiwilligen
- involuntary; done against one's will or choice
- Zeugnissen
- testimonies; accounts or evidence provided by witnesses
- Herren
- masters; men of authority or high rank
- erschließen
- to infer; to deduce or conclude from evidence
- Man
- one; impersonal pronoun meaning people in general
- könnte
- could; conditional form of können (to be able)
- sich
- oneself; reflexive pronoun third person
- Tat
- deed; an action or piece of work
- hinreichend
- sufficiently; adequately or satisfactorily enough
- zufriedengeben
- to be satisfied; to accept or be content
- offensichtlich
- obviously; clearly or evidently apparent to all
- im
- in the; contraction of in dem
- Allgemeinen
- general; in most cases or usually
- Ergebnisse
- results; outcomes or consequences of actions
- einer
- one; indefinite article, feminine dative or genitive
- solchen
- such; of this or that kind or type
- Beziehung
- relation; connection or association between people
- sein
- to be; fundamental verb expressing existence
- müssen
- must; to be obliged or required to do
- ohne
- without; in the absence of something
- weiter
- further; additional or to a greater extent
- suchen
- to seek; to search for or look for
- ob
- whether; used to express uncertainty or alternative
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