Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Written by Terry Miller Shannon. Illustrated by Tad Butler.

哈丽特·塔布曼与地下铁路 特里·米勒·香农 著 塔德·巴特勒 绘

Born a Slave Long before Harriet Tubman was born, her great -grandmother was taken from her home in Africa. The kidnappers packed Harriet's great -grandmother into a small wooden ship with hundreds of other Africans and sent her to the United States. Once she arrived, she was sold to the owner of a large farm called a plantation. She became a slave.

生来为奴 早在哈丽特·塔布曼出生前，她的曾祖母就被掳离了非洲家乡 人贩子把哈丽特的曾祖母和几百名非洲人一起塞进小木船，运往美国 她一上岸，就被卖给了大种植园的园主 她成了一名奴隶

Harriet's great -grandmother was the human property of a man she called her master. All of her children and grandchildren were slaves, too. The slaves were forced to do hard labor and were punished cruelly at times. They received no pay, only meager food and housing that was no better than that of farm animals. Many of them were never taught to read and write. Slaves had no freedom to go where they wanted, and sometimes they were not allowed to marry or raise their own children. Members of slave families could also be sold to different masters, breaking up the family.

哈丽特的曾祖母是主人的私人财产 她所有的子女、孙辈也都是奴隶 奴隶被迫干重活，还时常遭到残酷惩罚 他们拿不到酬劳，只有少得可怜的食物和不比牲畜好的住处 很多奴隶从来没机会学读书写字 奴隶没有出行自由，有时甚至不允许结婚、抚养自己的孩子 奴隶一家人还可能被卖给不同主人，被迫骨肉分离

Harriet was born as a slave around 1820. Like all slave children, she could not run and play. She worked all the time. Harriet was a hard worker, but when she did not obey her owner, she was whipped cruelly. When she saw her owner sell two of her sisters, Harriet was terrified that she would also be sold and have to leave her family.

哈丽特大约在1820年出生，生来就是奴隶 和所有奴隶小孩一样，她不能乱跑玩耍 她从早到晚都要干活 哈丽特干活很卖力，但不顺从主人就会被狠狠鞭打 看到主人卖掉两个姐姐，哈丽特害怕极了，生怕自己也被卖掉、永远离开家人

dreams of escape. When she was a young girl, Harriet tried to help an escaping slave. The slave's master threw a metal weight at her, and it struck her in the head. Harriet almost died from the wound on her forehead. For the rest of her life, she had headaches and sleeping spells because of her injury.

逃跑的梦想 哈丽特年少时，曾经帮助一名逃跑的奴隶 那个奴隶的主人朝她扔了一块金属重物，正好砸中她的头 哈丽特额头的伤口差点要了她的命 因为这次受伤，她一辈子都受头疼和嗜睡发作的困扰

Harriet's life was harsh, but she had dreams. People called abolitionists, who were against slavery, had begun to speak out against the injustice of owning other human beings. Some abolitionists helped slaves escape to northern states or to Canada, where slavery was illegal. Harriet dreamed of living as a free woman in the north. Slaves went to great lengths to escape to freedom. Some shipped themselves north in boxes. One man, Henry Box Brown, nearly died during his escape when the box he was in was turned upside down for hours. Henry made it to Philadelphia and freedom after 26 hours in his box.

哈丽特的生活很艰苦，但她一直怀揣梦想 反对奴隶制的人被称为废奴主义者，他们已经开始公开指责奴役他人的不公 一些废奴主义者会帮助奴隶逃往奴隶制不合法的北方或是加拿大 哈丽特梦想着去北方当一个自由人 奴隶为了逃去自由，想尽了各种办法 有些人把自己藏在箱子里运去北方 有个叫亨利·博克斯·布朗的人，他藏身的箱子连续几小时倒放，差点让他在逃跑途中丧命 亨利在箱子里待了26小时，终于抵达费城获得了自由