He said it would be best to let the people themselves decide if New Mexico would be a slave or free state.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

He wanted to build institutions that would be used for the sole purpose of perfecting the slave into the perfect worker.

因而需要建立一些特殊机构,这些机构只用于一个目的,就是能够让奴隶变成完美的工人

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That's in Exodus 21:26-27. Moreover, the slave is entitled to the Sabbath rest and all of the Sabbath legislation. And quite importantly, a fugitive slave cannot be returned to his master.

这是在《出埃及记》第21章26-27节的描述，另外，奴隶有权,享受安息日的休息和所有关于安息日的法规，十分，重要的一点是，逃亡的奴隶不能再被归还给他的主人。

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But there would be no further attempt to make it a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

But he said someone had to make clear to anti-slavery Democrats that the union would be dissolved if the constitutional rights of slave owners were not honored.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

"Before we not that smart. Now we know what going on, how much they cheat us, how much they want us to be slave for them."

VOA: standard.2010.05.14