I have, may it please the court, a few words to say, in the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted — the design on my part to freetheslaves.
在这法庭上我只想讲几句话,首先,除去我一直承认确实有计划地要解放黑奴之外,我否认一切其他指控。
2
All slaves were set free when the Civil War ended.
南北战争结束后,所有的奴隶都获得自由。
3
Brown sent some of his men to capture the old colonel and free his slaves.