1827年伊莎贝拉逃离原奴隶主,投奔到教友会教徒冯·瓦格纳(Van Wageners)家,从此改姓瓦格纳。 次年,纽约州宣布废除奴隶制。
Isabella escaped slavery in 1827, one year before mandatory emancipation in New York State, by fleeing to a Quaker family, the Van Wageners, whose name she took.
作为7月4日国庆日庆典的一个节目,应邀在收留他的纽约州罗切斯特市发表演说,这位废奴主义者利用此机会怒斥奴隶制的不公正。
Invited to speak as part of July 4 festivities in his adopted hometown of Rochester, N.Y., the abolitionist took the opportunity to rage at the injustice of slavery.
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