Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave — Page 13
在他的叙述中，他讲述了两起残忍杀害的案例——其中一起是一名种植园主蓄意枪杀了邻近种植园的一名奴隶，那名奴隶只是无意中进入了他那自以为尊贵的领地去捕鱼；另一起是一名监工打爆了一名奴隶的脑袋，那名奴隶是为了逃避一场血腥鞭打而逃到一条溪流边。
In the course of his Narrative, he relates two instances of murderous cruelty,—in one of which a planter deliberately shot a slave belonging to a neighboring plantation, who had unintentionally gotten within his lordly domain in quest of fish; and in the other, an overseer blew out the brains of a slave who had fled to a stream of water to escape a bloody scourging.
道格拉斯先生指出，在这两起案例中，均没有采取任何法律逮捕或司法调查行动。
Mr. Douglass states that in neither of these instances was any thing done by way of legal arrest or judicial investigation.
1845年3月17日的《巴尔的摩美国人报》报道了一起类似的暴行，同样未受到任何惩处——内容如下：
The Baltimore American, of March 17, 1845, relates a similar case of atrocity, perpetrated with similar impunity—as follows:—
「枪击奴隶——据本市一位绅士收到的来自马里兰州查尔斯县的一封信透露，一名叫马修斯的年轻人，是马修斯将军的侄子，其父据信在华盛顿担任要职，他在其父农场上枪杀了一名奴隶。
"Shooting a slave.—We learn, upon the authority of a letter from Charles county, Maryland, received by a gentleman of this city, that a young man, named Matthews, a nephew of General Matthews, and whose father, it is believed, holds an office at Washington, killed one of the slaves upon his father's farm by shooting him.
信中说，年轻的马修斯被留下来看管农场；他向那名仆人下达了一道命令，仆人没有服从，于是他走进屋内，取来一把枪，返回后将那名仆人射杀。
The letter states that young Matthews had been left in charge of the farm; that he gave an order to the servant, which was disobeyed, when he proceeded to the house, obtained a gun, and, returning, shot the servant.
信中接着说，他随即逃往其父的住所，至今仍在那里逍遥法外。
He immediately, the letter continues, fled to his father's residence, where he still remains unmolested.
Vocabulary
- In
- 表示位置、时间或状态的介词
- the
- 英语定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- course
- 过程、进程或一系列事件的发展
- of
- 表示所属、组成或关系的介词
- his
- 第三人称男性单数所有格代词
- Narrative
- 叙述性的文章或故事
- he
- 第三人称男性单数代词
- relates
- 叙述、讲述或描述某事
- two
- 数字二或两个
- instances
- 例子、实例或具体事例
- murderous
- 涉及谋杀的或致命的
- cruelty
- 残忍、残暴或虐待他人的行为
- one
- 数字一或单个的
- which
- 关系代词，用于引导定语从句
- planter
- 种植园主或拥有大农场的人
- deliberately
- 有意地、故意地或蓄意地
- shot
- 用枪射击或开枪
- slave
- 被奴役的人或失去自由的人
- belonging
- 属于某人或是某物的一部分
- neighboring
- 相邻的、附近的或毗邻的
- plantation
- 大型农场，特别是南方种植园
- unintentionally
- 无意中、非故意地或意外地
- gotten
- 得到或获得的过去分词形式
- within
- 在...里面或内部
- domain
- 领地、范围或特定领域
- quest
- 寻求、探索或追求某事
- fish
- 鱼或捕鱼的活动
- other
- 另一个或不同的
- overseer
- 监督者或种植园的工头
- blew
- 吹或爆炸的过去式
- out
- 向外或出去
- brains
- 大脑或智力
- fled
- 逃离或逃跑的过去式
- stream
- 溪流、小河或水流
- water
- 水
- escape
- 逃脱或逃离危险
- bloody
- 血腥的或充满暴力的
- Mr
- 男性的敬称，相当于先生
- states
- 声称、陈述或说明
- that
- 那个、那；引导从句的连词
- neither
- 两者都不
- these
- 这些
- was
- 是的过去式
- any
- 任何的或某个
- thing
- 事物或物品
- done
- 完成或做完的
- by
- 被、由或在...旁边
- way
- 方式、方法或途径
- legal
- 合法的或符合法律的
- arrest
- 逮捕或拘捕
- judicial
- 司法的或法庭的
- investigation
- 调查或侦查
- American
- 美国的或美国人
- March
- 三月或行进
- similar
- 相似的或类似的
- case
- 案件、情况或实例
- atrocity
- 暴行、残暴行为或恐怖事件
- with
- 用、和或具有
- as
- 作为或当...时
- follows
- 跟随或接下来
- Shooting
- 射击或枪击
- We
- 我们
- learn
- 学习或得知
- upon
- 在...上面或基于
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