来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国内战与重建1845-1877 第3集 第3集》

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  Now, just to give you a sense of how cold
  以上只是为了让你们体会到
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  and calculated this business was,
  这种交易是如何的冷酷而精明
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  and how in many ways the first defense
  以及战前后期第一次
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  or justification of slavery in America is of course
  美国奴隶制度的保卫与正名之战
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  it certainly is by the late Antebellum Period
  不管怎么看 都毫无疑问
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  it is an unabashed economic defense, as we'll see.
  是一场赤裸裸的利益保卫战 正如我们所见
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  Ads in newspapers,
  报纸上的广告
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  like this one in Charleston, would read,
  比如查尔斯顿市的这一则 是这么写的
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  "Negroes wanted. I am paying the highest cash prices
  "诚购黑奴 本人愿付最高价格
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  for young and likely Negroes,
  购买年轻可靠之黑奴
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  those having good front teeth and being otherwise sound."
  需有整洁的牙齿以及悦耳的声音"
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  It's all about market forces and the health
  所有这一切都取决于市场的需求