I will be better able to decide

我就能更好地作出决定
whether it would be to my advantage to move back again.

到底是搬回来还是不搬回来
As to my freedom, which you say I can have,

至于您提到我可以享有自由
there's nothing to be gained on that score

对我来说没啥大影响
as I got my Free Papers in 1864

我在1864年就拿到了自由证
from the Provost Marshal General of the Department of Nashville.

是纳什维尔的宪兵总司令给我的
Mandy says she would be afraid to go back

曼蒂说她担心如果您
without some proof

不能证明回去以后
that you are sincerely disposed to treat us justly,

您会真诚公正的对待我们
and we have concluded to test your sincerity

为了表明您的诚意
by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you.

我们希望您能将以前的薪水发给我们
This will make us forget, and forgive old scores,

这样我们就不去计较过去的恩怨了