forty acres.

整整40英亩地
It actually is sometimes referred to as the first reparations bill;

此法案有时被称为第一赔款法案
didn't pass.

但并未通过
There was Frederick Douglass's idea, a little bit later,

之后弗雷德里克·道格拉斯想出一个办法
of a national freedmen's loan agency,

是关于国家自由人贷款机构的
a federal loan agency subsidized by the federal government, by taxpayer money,

联邦贷款机构由联邦政府以纳税人资金资助
to which freedmen would apply for loans,

向想申请贷款的自由人开放
perhaps three-year loans, five-year loans, low interest loans, to buy land.

可以以三年或五年等低息贷款购置田产
It's the simplest idea in banking.

这是最为简单的银行业务
Didn't happen.

但并未实现
What did happen was a fourth effort that became known as the Freedmen's Bank.

真正付诸实践的是第四项提议自由人银行
The Freedmen's Bank was chartered in late 1865.

自由人银行于1865年后期特许建立