在当时,在美国南方,实行奴隶制是合法的,但问题是:是否允许在西部新得到的领土上实行奴隶制。
At that time, owning slaves was legal in the southern states. But the question remained: should slavery be legal in New Territories in the western part of the country?
这封信是卡尔豪就英国的一份照会的回答,英国照会上说,英国希望结束任何地方的奴隶制,卡尔豪为美国南方的奴隶制而辩护。
The letter was Calhoun's answer to a British note saying that Britain wished to end slavery wherever it existed. Calhoun defended slavery in the American south.
甚至像美国这样没有历史传统包袱的年轻国家,如果不经北方城市施加压力也不可能消灭南方的奴隶制。
Even a young country such as America, with no burdensome traditions from the past, could not rid the south of slavery without pressure from the northern cities.
White Southern defenders of slavery were to some extent like other Americans--products of the Enlightenment.
在某种程度上奴隶制的南方白种人维护者,像其他美国人一样是启蒙运动的产物
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