1 A Young Slave

Chapter 1 A Young Slave The man who became famous as Frederick Douglass was born in a log hut on the eastern shore of Maryland in 1818. His name at birth was Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey. Frederick's mother, Harriet, was a slave, which meant Frederick was a slave, too. They were owned by a man named Aaron Anthony. The slaves called him Captain Anthony or "Old Master." Who was Frederick's father? It may have been Captain Anthony. Frederick never

1818年，著名的弗雷德里克·道格拉斯出生在马里兰州东岸的一间小木屋里。 他出生时的名字是弗雷德里克·奥古斯都·华盛顿·贝利。 腓特烈的母亲哈丽特是个奴隶，这意味着腓特烈也是个奴隶。 它们的主人是一个叫亚伦·安东尼的人。 奴隶们称他为安东尼船长或“老主人”。 弗雷德里克的父亲是谁？ 可能是安东尼上尉。 弗雷德里克从来没有

knew for sure. Captain Anthony owned three farms and about thirty slaves. He also managed the farms of a very rich man named Edward Lloyd. The Lloyd family owned thirteen farms and more than five hundred slaves. Captain Anthony lived on the Lloyds' main farm, Wye House plantation. Some of Captain Anthony's slaves lived there with him. Others, including members of Frederick's family, were spread out across other farms. Frederick's mother worked long hours in Captain Anthony's fields or in those of a neighbor who rented her. Frederick saw his

我很确定。安东尼船长拥有三个农场和大约三十个奴隶。 他还管理着一个名叫爱德华·劳埃德的富人的农场。 劳埃德家族拥有13个农场和500多名奴隶。 安东尼船长住在劳埃德的主要农场，怀屋种植园。 安东尼船长的一些奴隶和他一起住在那里。 其他人，包括弗雷德里克的家人，分散在其他农场。 弗雷德里克的母亲在安东尼上尉的田里或租给她的邻居的田里长时间地干活。 弗雷德里克看到了他的

mother only four or five times in his life. Instead, he lived with his grandparents, Isaac and Betsey Bailey. Isaac was a free black man, but Betsey was a slave. Her job was to care for her many young grandchildren until they were old enough to work.

母亲一生中只有四五次。 相反，他和他的祖父母，艾萨克和贝茜贝利住在一起。 艾萨克是一个自由的黑人，而贝琪是一个奴隶。 她的工作是照顾许多年幼的孙子孙女，直到他们长大可以工作为止。

Frederick's early years were happy ones. For a time, he knew little of slavery. He enjoyed fishing in a nearby stream and watching squirrels scamper about. His grandparents' windowless cabin, with its clay floor and dirt-and-straw chimney, was small and rough. But to Frederick, it held "the attractions of a palace."

弗雷德里克的早年生活很幸福。 有一段时间，他对奴隶制知之甚少。 他喜欢在附近的小溪里钓鱼，看着松鼠蹦蹦跳跳。 他祖父母的小屋没有窗户，铺着粘土地板，烟囱用泥土和稻草铺成，又小又粗糙。 但对腓特烈来说，它具有“宫殿的魅力”。

Then one day Betsey brought him to work at Captain Anthony's. Betsey kept the reason for their journey a secret so as not to upset young Frederick. It was a twelve-mile walk, so his strong grandmother had to "tote" him on her shoulders now and then. In the heat of the afternoon, they finally arrived at the grandest building Frederick had ever seen. Wye House was white, with stately pillars and a neatly trimmed lawn. The plantation sat on the Wye River and was like its

后来有一天，贝琪把他带到安东尼上尉家工作。 贝特西对他们旅行的原因保密，以免使年轻的弗雷德里克不安。 要走12英里路，所以他强壮的祖母不得不不时地把他“背”在肩膀上。 在炎热的下午，他们终于来到了弗雷德里克所见过的最宏伟的建筑前。 怀伊的房子是白色的，有着庄严的柱子和修剪整齐的草坪。 这个种植园坐落在怀伊河畔，就像它的

own little village, with barns, stables, kitchens, blacksmith's and shoemaker's shops, and more. Captain Anthony lived in a separate house on the property. SLAVERY IN AMERICA SLAVERY HAD BEEN PART OF

自己的小村庄，有谷仓，马厩，厨房，铁匠和鞋匠的商店，等等。 安东尼上尉住在这处房产的另一栋房子里。 奴隶制在美国是奴隶制的一部分