来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第4集 第4集》
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And there was some slave labor;也有一些奴隶劳动力 -
it was the least in all of the colonies,但比其他殖民地的都要少 -
and there were roughly经粗略估算 -
thirty-five white Europeans to every one slave.白种欧洲人和奴隶的比例为35:1 -
Because of its original Puritan origins-- so,因其最初的清教起源 -
because of its original focus on excluding all和所具有的求同心理 -
but the like-minded新英格兰排斥 -
who shared their religious sense of purpose--所有拥有不同宗教目的的个体 -
New England was not really diverse这导致它的 -
religiously or ethnically.宗教和民族呈现单一化 -
And it was this lack of diversity,正因为新英格兰社会 -
the kind of insular nature of New England society,思想保守 缺乏多样性