I could live for the slave.

我可以为奴隶生存
John Brown could die for the slave."

他却可以为奴隶牺牲"
There's a clarity in that,

在许多人以及道格拉斯自己写的
among the many eulogistic statements about John Brown

对约翰·布朗的颂词之中
and the many that Frederick Douglass himself made.

这种热情表达得相当清楚
Douglass, you'll remember, had great ambivalence about this man

道格拉斯对这个人有着非常矛盾的感情
and chose not to join him on the raid at Harpers Ferry.

他没参与突袭哈普斯渡口的计划
Now, Brown was captured in the raid.

如今布朗在突袭中被捕
The raid only lasted 48 hours.

突袭只延续了48小时
It was in some ways a military strategic blunder.

是因为在战略上出现了失误
He was taken to a jail four miles from Harpers Ferry,

他被押到离哈普斯渡口四英里远的监狱
Charlestown, virginia,

在佛吉尼亚州的查尔斯顿