I sighed for liberty;but the bondman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.

我为自由而叹息； 但奴隶的锁链缠绕着我，无法摆脱。

Still no extensive effort was made to solve by law the economic problems of the bondmen.

仍然没有做出广泛的努力来通过法律解决债主的经济问题。

There were almost as many bondmen in New York as in Georgia.

纽约的奴仆几乎和佐治亚一样多。

It was properly the proprietor himself, therefore, that in this case occupied his own lands, and cultivated them by his own bondmen.

因此，在这种情况下， 完全是所有者本人占据了他自己的土地， 并由他自己的奴隶耕种。

A bondman could not marry without his master's consent;nor engage in trade; nor refuse work assigned to him.

未经主人同意， 奴仆不得结婚； 不得经商；也不拒绝分配给他的工作。

The number of bondmen rose from 700,000 in Washington's day to more than three millions in 1850.

奴隶人数从华盛顿时代的 70 万人增加到 1850 年的超过 300 万人。

So the Southern planters found themselves excluded from public office and ruled over by their former bondmen under the tutelage of Republican leaders.

因此，南方种植园主发现自己被排斥在公职之外，并在共和党领导人的指导下由他们的前奴隶统治。

It declared bondmen free, but did nothing to provide them with work or homes and did not mention the subject of political rights.

它宣布奴隶自由，但没有为他们提供工作或住所， 也没有提到政治权利的主题。

It did not enfranchise a class that sought and understood power, but bondmen who had played no part in the struggle.

它没有授予一个寻求和理解权力的阶级，而是授予那些没有参与斗争的奴隶。

Along the western shore of the Mississippi and on both banks of the Missouri to the uttermost limits of the state, plantations tilled by bondmen spread out in broad expanses.

沿着密西西比河的西岸和密苏里河的两岸，一直到该州的最远边界，由奴隶耕种的种植园散布在广阔的土地上。