古德明英语军事小故事：慈 悲 的 奴 隶(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。慈 悲 的 奴 隶
jefferson davis, president of the confederate states of america, was captured by union soldiers at the end of the civil war and indicted for treason in 1866. though many northerners bayed for his execution, one unlikely group petitioned for his release: the former slaves on his own mississippi cotton plantation.
manacled by his union captors in an island fortress, davis was freed after a two-year imprisonment, having avoided a trial. he returned to richmond, virginia, and thousands of admirers lined the two-mile route between his landing and his hotel.
美国内战结束时，南部邦联总统杰佛逊．戴维斯落在北军手上，一八六六年以叛国罪名被起诉。当时虽然不少北人狺狺然主张把他处死，有一群人却出乎意料要求把他释放：那群人从前正是戴维斯名下密西西比州棉树种植场上的奴隶。
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