and she apparently said, in effect--"No thanks."

但她只是简单地说 "不了谢谢"
He desperately wanted Douglass to join him,

他迫切渴望道格拉斯能加入
and had he joined them

而道格拉斯如果真加入了
Douglass would've been dead in 1859.

那么将会死于1859年
But Douglass did have a final meeting with John Brown

不过1859年八月底道格拉斯最终还是
at an old stone quarry outside of Chambersburg, pennsylvania,

和约翰·布朗在宾夕法尼亚州坎伯兰山谷
in late August of 1859.

的一个小旧石场碰了个面
He went down from New York with a fugitive slave

他从纽约带来一个逃奴叫希尔兹·格林
Douglass had helped to his freedom named Shields Green.

道格拉斯帮助他获得自由
Here's Shields--where is he--there he is.

这个人就是希尔兹
Douglass took him along.

道格拉斯照顾了他
They met at this old stone quarry

他们在小旧石场见了面