Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 9
" I am confident that it is essentially true in all its statements; that nothing has been set down in malice, nothing exaggerated, nothing drawn from the imagination; that it comes short of the reality, rather than overstates a single fact in regard to _slavery as it is_.
"Estoy convencido de que es esencialmente verdadero en todas sus afirmaciones; que nada ha sido escrito con malicia, nada exagerado, nada extraído de la imaginación; que se queda corto ante la realidad, en lugar de exagerar un solo hecho con respecto a _la esclavitud tal como es_.
The experience of _Frederick Douglass_, as a slave, was not a peculiar one; his lot was not especially a hard one; his case may be regarded as a very fair specimen of the treatment of slaves in Maryland, in which State it is conceded that they are better fed and less cruelly treated than in Georgia, Alabama, or Louisiana.
La experiencia de _Frederick Douglass_, como esclavo, no fue una experiencia singular; su suerte no fue especialmente dura; su caso puede considerarse como un ejemplo muy representativo del trato dado a los esclavos en Maryland, estado en el que se reconoce que están mejor alimentados y son tratados con menos crueldad que en Georgia, Alabama o Luisiana.
Many have suffered incomparably more, while very few on the plantations have suffered less, than himself.
Muchos han sufrido incomparablemente más, mientras que muy pocos en las plantaciones han sufrido menos que él.
Yet how deplorable was his situation!
¡Y sin embargo, cuán deplorable era su situación!
what terrible chastisements were inflicted upon his person!
¡qué terribles castigos fueron infligidos sobre su persona!
what still more shocking outrages were perpetrated upon his mind!
¡qué ultrajes aún más espantosos fueron perpetrados contra su mente!
with all his noble powers and sublime aspirations, how like a brute was he treated, even by those professing to have the same mind in them that was in Christ Jesus!
¡con todas sus nobles facultades y sublimes aspiraciones, cuán brutalmente fue tratado, incluso por aquellos que profesaban tener en sí mismos la misma mente que había en Cristo Jesús!
to what dreadful liabilities was he continually subjected!
¡a qué espantosos peligros estuvo continuamente sometido!
how destitute of friendly counsel and aid, even in his greatest extremities!
¡cuán desprovisto de consejo y ayuda amistosa, incluso en sus momentos de mayor necesidad!
how heavy was the midnight of woe which shrouded in blackness the last ray of hope, and filled the future with terror and gloom!
¡cuán pesada era la medianoche de dolor que envolvía en oscuridad el último rayo de esperanza, y llenaba el futuro de terror y tinieblas!
Vocabulary
- Estoy
- I am (present indicative of estar)
- convencido
- convinced, persuaded
- de
- of, from (preposition)
- que
- that, which (relative pronoun)
- es
- is (present indicative of ser)
- esencialmente
- essentially, fundamentally, in essence
- verdadero
- true, genuine, real
- en
- in, on (preposition)
- todas
- all, every (feminine plural)
- sus
- his, her, its, their (possessive)
- afirmaciones
- assertions, claims, statements
- nada
- nothing, not anything
- ha
- has (auxiliary verb)
- sido
- been (past participle of ser)
- escrito
- written (past participle of escribir)
- con
- with (preposition)
- malicia
- malice, ill will, spite
- exagerado
- exaggerated, overstated, excessive
- extraído
- extracted, taken out, drawn from
- la
- the (feminine singular article)
- imaginación
- imagination, creative faculty
- se
- itself, oneself (reflexive pronoun)
- queda
- remains, stays, falls short
- corto
- short, brief, insufficient
- ante
- before, in front of, facing
- realidad
- reality, actuality, truth
- lugar
- place, location, spot
- exagerar
- to exaggerate, overstate, magnify
- un
- a, an (indefinite article)
- solo
- only, sole, single, alone
- hecho
- fact, event, deed, act
- respecto
- respect, concerning, regarding, about
- esclavitud
- slavery, bondage, servitude
- tal
- such, like that, as
- como
- as, like, how, since
- La
- the (feminine singular article)
- experiencia
- experience, practical knowledge
- no
- no, not (negation)
- fue
- was (past indicative of ser)
- una
- a, an (feminine singular article)
- singular
- singular, unique, peculiar
- su
- his, her, its, your, their
- suerte
- luck, fortune, fate, destiny
- especialmente
- especially, particularly, in particular
- dura
- hard, harsh, severe, difficult
- caso
- case, instance, situation, matter
- puede
- can, is able to (present of poder)
- considerarse
- to be considered, regarded as
- ejemplo
- example, instance, model
- muy
- very, much, greatly
- representativo
- representative, typical, exemplary
- del
- of the, from the (contraction)
- trato
- treatment, dealing, agreement
- dado
- given, dealt (past participle)
- los
- the (masculine plural article)
- estado
- state, condition, status
- el
- he, the (masculine singular)
- reconoce
- recognizes, admits, acknowledges
- están
- are (present indicative of estar)
- mejor
- better, best, superior
- alimentados
- fed, nourished (past participle)
- tratados
- treated, handled (past participle)
- menos
- less, fewer, minus
- crueldad
- cruelty, harshness, brutality
- Muchos
- many, many people (masculine plural)
- sufrido
- suffered, endured (past participle)
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