ESCAPE NORTH!

Escape North

向北逃亡

Chapter 1. Escape North Tonight was dark. Cricket song filled the air. A woman hid outside a cabin. She whistled a song called, Go Down Mosey. A line in the song said, Let my people go. Inside the cabin, the slaves knew that, Herrick Tubman had come to lead her people out of slavery.

第一章 向北逃亡 今晚夜色沉沉，空气中满是蟋蟀的歌声。 一个女人躲在小木屋外，吹起了一首名为 《走吧，摩西》的歌，歌里有一句歌词是：放我的子民走。 小木屋里的黑奴们都知道， 哈丽特·塔布曼来带他们摆脱奴隶制的枷锁了。

It was 1851. Harry Tubman was a conductor on Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad wasn't a real railroad. It was a name people gave the route taking slaves north to feed them. Years before, a slave had run off. She had seemed to disappear right in front of his own eyes. He must have gone on the Underground Railroad, said Oerner.

那是1851年，哈丽特·塔布曼是“地下铁路”的列车员。 地下铁路并不是真的铁路，是人们对送黑奴逃往北方获得自由的路线的称呼。 很多年前，有个黑奴逃跑了，就好像在奴隶主眼前凭空消失了一样。 “他肯定是走了地下铁路。”奥纳尔说。

The story spread. There was a way north to free states. There were people who would help. They would hide you in their homes. They saved houses or stations on the underground railroad. Runaways ran from station to station until they reached a state where slavery was against the law.

这个故事传开了：有一条通往北方自由州的路，还有人愿意帮忙。 他们会把你藏在家里，这些房子被叫做地下铁路的“站点”。 逃亡的黑奴从一个站点跑到下一个，直到到达奴隶制不合法的州。

That Saturday night, ten slaves answered Harriet call to freedom. Few slaves had Sunday off, so the bossman wouldn't know they were gone until Monday. Then he and his dogs would come after them. If they were caught, they would be beaten maybe to death.

那个周六晚上，十个黑奴响应了哈丽特追寻自由的号召。 很少有黑奴周日能休息，所以奴隶主直到周一才会发现他们不见了。 到时候他会带着猎狗来追他们。 要是被抓住，他们会被痛打，甚至可能被打死。