来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第4集第4集》

this is Virginia speaking-

以下是在弗吉尼亚的讲话
though I hold in my hand a wealth

虽我有足够的水力
of water power enough to turn the spindles to clothe the world,

转动轴轮淹没世界
yet one of my chief staples has been

但是我有一颗重要的螺丝钉
the sons and daughters I send to the human markets.'

已经被我送到人类的市场上当童奴
Ask farther south and all the cotton growing states chime in,

问问南方问问所有棉花种植地
'We have need of fresh supplies to fill the ranks

'我们需要新鲜的补给来填补那些在
of those whose lives have gone out

远方种植园的人员空缺
in unrequited toil on our distant plantations.'

他们辛苦劳作却得不到回报'
A hundred-thousand newborn babies are

每年数十万婴儿
annually added to the victims of slavery,"

刚生下就成了奴隶制的牺牲品"
said Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

弗朗斯·伊莲·瓦特金·哈伯这样说道