5 Life in the North

Chapter 5 Life in the North When Frederick and Anna arrived in New Bedford, a free black couple named Mary and Nathan Johnson helped them get started. While in New York, Frederick had given up the last name Bailey in case the Aulds came looking for him. He took the name Johnson instead. But in New Bedford, there were already so many Johnsons. It was difficult to tell them apart! Nathan Johnson suggested the new last name Douglas, after a character in a poem he was reading. Frederick agreed but added an extra s at the end. Eager to find work, Frederick went to the wharves. The scene was quite different from the shipyards in Baltimore. Here the workers were quiet, focused, and cheerful. There was no whipping, no yelling of mean names, no loud songs.

当弗雷德里克和安娜到达新贝德福德时，一对名叫玛丽和内森·约翰逊的自由黑人夫妇帮助他们开始了他们的生活。 在纽约的时候，弗雷德里克放弃了姓氏贝利，以防奥尔德一家来找他。 他改名叫约翰逊。 但在新贝德福德，姓约翰逊的已经很多了。 很难把他们分开！内森·约翰逊建议用他正在读的一首诗中的一个人物的名字道格拉斯作为新姓氏。 弗雷德里克同意了，但在最后多加了一个s。 弗雷德里克急于找工作，于是去了码头。 这里的景象与巴尔的摩的造船厂大不相同。 在这里，工人们安静、专注、愉快。 没有鞭打，没有骂脏话，没有大声唱歌。

The white caulkers refused to work with a black man, so Frederick's first job was stocking a ship with oil. "It was new, hard, and dirty work," he wrote, "but I went at it with a glad heart and a willing hand. I was now my own master." Soon he and Anna had their first daughter, Rosetta. Four more children would follow: Lewis, Frederick Jr., Charles, and Annie.

白人工人拒绝和黑人一起工作，所以弗雷德里克的第一份工作就是给船上装油。 “这是一项新的、艰苦的、肮脏的工作，”他写道，“但我怀着愉快的心情和乐意的双手去做。 我现在是我自己的主人了。”不久，他和安娜有了他们的第一个女儿罗塞塔。 随后又有四个孩子：刘易斯、小弗雷德里克、查尔斯和安妮。

In New Bedford, Frederick began reading a newspaper called The Liberator. Published by William Lloyd Garrison, the paper spoke out fiercely against slavery. "The paper became my

在新贝德福德，弗雷德里克开始阅读一份名为《解放者》的报纸。 这份报纸由威廉·劳埃德·加里森出版，强烈反对奴隶制。 “那张纸成了我的

meat and my drink," Frederick said. Reading the paper inspired him to go to antislavery meetings. He listened, and he spoke about the evils of slavery to his friends and members of the black church he and Anna had joined. In 1841, Frederick attended a meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society. He was asked if he would say a few words about his experience as a slave. There were hundreds, maybe a thousand people, in the audience. "I trembled in every limb," he remembered. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON BORN IN 1805 IN NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, WILLIAM LLOYD

肉和我的饮料，”弗雷德里克说。 阅读报纸激励他去参加反奴隶制会议。 他倾听着，向他的朋友和他和安娜加入的黑人教堂的成员讲述奴隶制的罪恶。 1841年，弗雷德里克参加了美国反奴隶制协会的一次会议。 有人问他是否愿意讲几句他作为奴隶的经历。 观众席上有几百人，也许有上千人。 “我浑身发抖，”他回忆道。 1805年生于马萨诸塞州纽伯里波特的加里森

GARRISON WAS ONE OF THE MOST PASSIONATE AND FAMOUS LEADERS OF THE ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT. IN 1831, HE BEGAN PUBLISHING THE LIBERATOR, A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. IN THE FIRST EDITION, HE WROTE, "I DO NOT WISH TO THINK, OR SPEAK, OR WRITE, WITH MODERATION.... I AM IN EARNEST—I WILL NOT EQUIVOCATE—I WILL NOT EXCUSE—I WILL NOT RETREAT A SINGLE INCH—AND I WILL BE HEARD." GARRISON PUBLISHED THE PAPER FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, NEVER MISSING AN ISSUE. GARRISON DID NOT BELIEVE IN VIOLENCE TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS. INSTEAD, HE RELIED ON WRITING AND SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE EVILS OF SLAVERY TO PERSUADE AMERICANS TO END THE PRACTICE. GARRISON WAS ALSO A STRONG SUPPORTER OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND WAS COMMITTED TO THAT CAUSE UNTIL HE DIED IN 1879. Later Frederick recalled little of what he said.

加里森是反奴隶制运动中最热情、最著名的领导人之一。 1831年，他开始出版周报《解放者》。 在第一版中，他写道：“我不希望有节制地思考、说话或写作.... 我是认真的——我不含糊其辞——我不找借口——我一寸也不后退——我的意见一定会得到倾听。” 加里森出版了这份报纸35年，从未错过一期。 加里森不相信用暴力来达到他的目的。 相反，他依靠写作和公开谈论奴隶制的罪恶来说服美国人结束这种做法。 加里森也是妇女权利的坚定支持者，并致力于这项事业，直到他于1879年去世。 后来弗雷德里克几乎不记得他说过的话了。