Within days after the three fugitive slaves crossed the river, their exploits — and their fate — were being discussed throughout the nation.

再三个黑奴涉水逃到北方要塞之后，怎样对待他们，他们的命运在全国各地都成了热议的话题。

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Slaves were taken in three groups, Daniel was in the first of these groups.

犹大人分三批被掳， 但以理是在第一批人中。

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This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

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Three and a half billion dollars was the net worth, roughly, of slaves in 1860.

860年,奴隶作为资产,市值约35亿美元

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