And John Brown developed, in Kansas,

在1855年末到1856年初约翰·布朗
by late 1855 and into 1856, his own little guerilla band.

在堪萨斯建立了一支小型的游击队
They had gone to Kansas

这支游击队到了堪萨斯
to fight in Kansas's Border War.

参加了堪萨斯州的边境战争
Now, i mentioned the other day that it was in the spring of 1856,

现在我要说的是1856年春的一天
Brown and his men are traveling along a roadway

布朗和他的弟兄们沿着一条铁路行走
and they get word of the beating of Charles Sumner

他们得知查尔斯·萨姆纳
on the floor of the Senate.

在参议院楼被击败
I think it was first told to them that Sumner was all but dead,

我认为他们首先是被告知萨姆纳已经死了
this, to him, great abolitionist senator.

对于布朗来说萨姆纳是伟大的废奴论者
And Brown, it appears,

布朗当时似乎要疯掉了
went into a frenzy and vowed revenge,

他发誓要为萨姆纳报仇