来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第27集 第27集》
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"And the other form, hovering dark and mother-like,"旁边有位母亲模样的女人 -
her awful face black with the mists of centuries,黝黑严肃的脸上仿佛蒙着上百年的迷雾 -
had aforetime quailed at that white master's command,在白人主人的命令面前表现的畏手畏脚 -
had bent in love over the cradles of his sons and daughters,她深深的爱着摇篮中他的子女 -
and closed in death the sunken eyes of his wife;用手闭上了他的亡妻凹陷的双眼 -
and ay too, at his behest, had laid herself low to his lust在他的欲望下无力反抗 -
and borne a tawny man child to the world,和他生下了一名黄褐色头发的男婴 -
only to see her dark boy's limbs scattered to the winds在深夜掠夺者高呼着"该死的黑鬼"的口号下 -
by midnight marauders riding after 'Damned Niggers.'"只能眼睁睁的看着自己的孩子被残杀 -
The second image, an old black woman,第二幅画面 一名黑人老妪 -
former slave, mammy,之前做过奴隶 奶妈 -
but also broken, no future,也穷的一无所有 没有未来