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The Emancipation Proclamation not only freed enslaved Africans,
解放奴隸宣言不單單解放了那些非洲奴隸
it also did something that the North and Lincoln himself had resisted since the start of the war
它也達成了一些北方聯邦以及林肯自己從戰爭之初就堅持要實現的事情
it allowed the recruitment of black men into the Union Army.
解放宣言允許黑人加入到聯邦軍隊之中
Many Northerners didn't believe blacks would fight, they'd run away when confronted or they'd massacre white people with their arms.
許多北方人民并不認為黑人會打仗 他們會在面對敵人的時候落荒而逃 或者他們會用自己的武器來屠殺白人
Nobody knew what would happen if you armed these slaves, there were so many racist preconceptions.
沒有人會知道如果你給這些奴隸武器將會發生什么 因為有太多的種族主義的偏見
The service of black soldiers, the successes of black soldiers,
黑人士兵的服役 黑人士兵所取得的成功
the dignity of black soldiers changes many Northerners' attitudes about race, about the black men.
以及黑人士兵的尊嚴改變了許多北方人民對于種族 對于黑人的態度
It certainly had a powerful effect on Lincoln himself.
當然 這對林肯自身也有著很大的影響
If you want to know why Lincoln's racial views changed during the Civil War,a lot of it has to do with the black soldiers.
如果你想知道林肯的種族觀念為什么會在南北戰爭中發生改變 很大程度上都是因為那些黑人士兵
Lincoln comes to feel as many Northerners do,
就像許多北方人民一樣 林肯也深深地體會到
that by fighting and dying for the Union, they have staked a claim to citizenship in the post-war world.
黑人為聯邦奮戰 為聯邦犧牲 使他們為自己在內戰后的世界里贏得了公民的身份
The greatness of Lincoln is his capacity for growth.
林肯的偉大之處在于他自身的成長
By the end of the Civil War, by the end of his life, Lincoln's views on race have changed significantly.
在南北戰爭結束之時 在他生命盡頭之時 林肯對于種族的觀念和看法發生了天翻地覆的改變
He has not become Martin Luther King Jr,
他并不是馬丁路德金
but he has come to recognise that the United States is going to be a biracial society.
但是他逐漸認識到 美國將會是一個兩個種族共存的社會
