which was a bit uncustomary for him.

演讲中透露了他的不满
In the 1850s

19世纪50年代
Frederick Douglass was learning his politics,

弗雷德里克·道格拉斯涉足政坛
he was really was--he was getting his feet

他把自己把自己当作是
as a political thinker and even as a politician.

政治思想家甚至是政客
He was trying to sidle up to this Republican Party,

他正在不知不觉融入共和党
even though it was kind of a half-baked loaf of bread to him;

尽管对他来说共和党是个半生不熟的面包
it wasn't real abolitionism.

共和党不主张真正的废奴主义
This case drove him further into their laps.

这件事令他融入到共和党圈子里面
He gave a speech largely to black audience

他在斯科特案后发表了一次演讲
in the wake of Dred Scott.

听众大多数是黑人
And so typical of Douglass's brilliance as an orator,

道格拉斯是个才华横溢的演说家