which he knew had controlled the whole northern tier of Mississippi

他知道在1862年春末
by late spring 1862;

密西西比州北部地区已经在联邦控制之中
in fact three of his escapes over there were really--.

事实上他曾经有三次逃到那里
He would always go up the Mobile and Ohio Railway Line.

他一直沿着莫比尔和俄亥俄的铁路线向北走
And one time he was at large for four and a half months,

有一次他在外面游荡了四个半月
hiding in other slave cabins and hiding in woods and forests and

他躲在其他奴隶的棚屋小树林森林
gullies wherever he could hide,

或者峡谷里任何他可以藏身的地方
and he was always captured.

但他总是被抓住
He was trying to actually get to Corinth,

他想到柯林斯海湾去
and the big contraband camp in Corinth,

到柯林斯海湾最大的黑奴营
and he almost made it on his fourth try.

在他第四次逃跑的时候他几乎都要成功了
He kept being captured by slave patrols, confederate patrols and so on.

他总是被奴隶猎人或邦联巡逻员抓到