As early as 1826 an important pro-slavery writer named Edward Brown argued that "Slavery," he said, quote: "Had ever been the stepping ladder by which nations have passed from barbarism to civilization."

早在1826年,一位重要的亲奴主义作家,爱德华·布朗说过,"奴隶制,曾是帮助那些国家从野蛮时期,发展到文明社会的阶梯"

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If Milton as a poet who had never really published anything significant thinks of himself as a virginal writer, then there's an important way in which Milton loses his virginity with his published version of Comus in 1637.

如果弥尔顿作为一个诗人,或者作为一个童贞情节的作家,从来没有出版过任何自我思考的重要作品，那么就有很重要的一点,弥尔顿在1637年出版的《Comus》中失去了童贞。

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Thomas R. Dew, a very important pro-slavery writer, who wrote a whole book in the wake of the state of Virginia's debates in 1831 and '32 over whether to re-write its Constitution.

托马斯·德夫,一个非常重要的亲奴主义作家,曾在弗吉尼亚州于1831和32年开展的,关于是否重写其宪法的辩论之后,撰写过一本书

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