And on the day Anthony Burns was marched--

在安东尼·伯恩斯被押解的那一天
he was convicted--marched from the jail down to the wharf

他被定罪了从监狱押到码头
and put on a ship back to slavery in Virginia,

扔上一艘船回弗吉尼亚去当奴隶
the abolitionist community, black and white,

波士顿以及马萨诸塞州的所有废奴主义者
of Boston and all of Massachusetts, gathered in Boston.

不管白人黑人都聚集在波士顿
They held an all-night vigil with candlelight outside of the jail

他们整夜在监狱外点着蜡烛守候
and they draped the streets of Boston, or some of the streets,

他们在波士顿的许多街道中
in black crepe, in mourning.

挂上了黑纱以示对他的哀悼
Burns was sent back to Virginia.

伯恩斯被遣返回了弗吉尼亚
His story is amazing though.

但他的故事是令人惊异的
His owner then sold him--

他的主人把他卖到
he was too famous--sold him to North Carolina.

他太有名了卖到了北卡罗来纳州