In 1778, she married a free Black man named John Peters.

1778 年，她嫁给了一个名叫约翰·彼得斯的自由黑人男子。

And as more free black people joined the work force, racial tensions rose.

随着越来越多的自由黑人加入劳动大军，种族矛盾加剧。

That tension led to violence—and lower Manhattan became increasingly dangerous for free black people.

这种紧张关系导致了暴力事件——对于自由的黑人来说，曼哈顿下城变得越来越危险。

William Du Bois was the son of free blacks who lived in a northern state.

威廉·杜博斯是自由黑人的儿子，他们住在北部。

In Eighteen Forty-Four, at about age twenty-four, she married a free black man named John Tubman.

1844年，大约24岁时，哈丽特嫁给了一个名叫约翰·塔布曼的自由黑人。

W.E.B. Du Bois charged that Booker Washington's plan would not free blacks from oppression, but would continue it.

W.E.B.杜博斯认为布克·华盛顿的计划无法将黑人从压迫中解救出来，只会让这种压迫继续。

Lumbering increased Minty's physical strength and put her in touch with free black sailors who shipped the wood to the North.

伐木增强了Minty的体力并使她与将木材运往北方的自由黑人水手进行了接触。

In this mixed atmosphere of free and enslaved blacks working side by side, Minty met John Tubman, a free black man she married in 1844.

在这个自由和奴役的黑人并排工作的混合气氛中，Minty遇见了John Tubman，并于1844年嫁给了这位自由的黑人男子。

Minty met John Tubman, a free black man she married in 1844.

1844 年，明蒂结识了自由黑人约翰·塔布曼 (John Tubman)。

She married John Peters, a free black man. He failed in many business attempts. Their three children died at a very young age.

她嫁给了一个叫约翰·皮特斯的自由黑人。他在多次商业尝试中都失败了。他们的三个孩子在很小的时候就过世了。

Men said they didn't see why they should die to free black people.

人们说他们不明白为什么要为解放黑人而死。

During her time in New York, she established a school for the freed blacks in South.

在纽约期间， 她为南方获释的黑人建立了一所学校。

Lumbering increased Minty’s physical strength and put her in touch with free black sailors who shipped the wood to the North.

伐木业增强了明蒂的体力，并让她与将木材运往北方的自由黑人水手取得了联系。

The confederate states had to be reunited with the union and the rights of the newly free blacks had to be established, unfortunately reconstruction was easier said than done.

联盟国不得不与合众国再次团结起来，要为刚刚得到解放的黑奴规定权利，不幸的是，这些重建工作说来容易做起来难。

And since free black men were citizens of some states, they should have the right to be citizens of Missouri. The debate lasted several months.

由于自由黑人是某些州的公民， 他们应该有权成为密苏里州的公民。 辩论持续了几个月。

In 1857, the Supreme Court doubled down on this by ruling that even free Black people  living in America did not have legal citizenship rights.

1857 年，最高法院通过裁定即使生活在美国的自由黑人也不享有合法公民权，从而加倍强调这一点。

One part of this constitution did not permit free black men to enter the state. A number of lawmakers in Congress immediately opposed the state constitution.

这部宪法的一部分不允许自由黑人进入该州。 国会的一些立法者立即反对该州宪法。

We are raising a free black boy in a world that despises black joy, and we refuse to put limits on him that the world already has.

我们在一个鄙视黑人欢乐的世界里抚养一个自由的黑人男孩，我们拒绝对他施加世界已有的限制。

During this time Hamilton was heavily involved in the New York Manumission Society, an organisation campaigning to abolish slavery and to promote the education of free blacks.

在此期间， 汉密尔顿积极参与纽约解放协会，该组织致力于废除奴隶制并促进自由黑人的教育。