来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第9集第9集》

was like a rite of purification.

就像净化仪式
Now, what did he do?

那他做了什么
In brief, John Brown's interest in Kansas was intense,

简单说《堪萨斯-内布拉斯加法案》出台之后
after the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

约翰·布朗非常关注堪萨斯州
He was living then, by then,

那时候他住在纽约北部
in upstate New York, up near what is today Lake Placid,

大概是今天的莱克普拉西德镇
in North Elba, which is indeed where he is buried.

北埃尔巴是他死后下葬的地方
Five of Brown's sons went west to Kansas,

在1854年末到1855年初布朗的五个儿子
in late 1854 and early 1855.

陆续往西去了堪萨斯州
There was an extraordinary exchange of letters

他和其中几个儿子
between a couple of those sons,

还有频繁的书信往来
especially Owen Brown and his father back in New York,

特别是欧文·布朗和他的父亲回到纽约之后