Jefferson Davis is, in fact, a classic example of the cotton boom planter.

实际上,杰斐逊·戴维斯,是棉花种植者暴富的典型例子

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Part of it is that some people in finance get so rich.

出现这种情绪的原因之一,是因为一些人因金融暴富

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Now, fortunes were made overnight; new wealth, overnight.

当时一夜就可以暴富,奴隶制让人一夜暴富

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