来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第21集第21集》

Who gets to hold office;

谁来主管政府
ex-Confederates, black people, whites who'd been loyal?

前邦联军黑人那些忠诚的白人
How do you determine this?

怎么做出这些决策
(2) Who will rule in the federal government,

第二谁来主宰联邦政府
Congress or the President,

是国会还是总统
in this unprecedented blank slate set of issues?

在面对从未遇到过的问题时候
The country had never faced this before.

这个国家从未经历过这样的问题
How do you reconstruct a Union?

怎样重建一个联邦
How do you re-admit states into the Union?

如何让各州重新归入联邦政府
There's no blueprint in the Constitution.

宪法中找不到前车之鉴
There are hints, depending on how you interpret it.

只有一些提示看你如何去诠释
And(3) what will the dimensions of black freedom be,

第三南方黑奴解放到什么程度