美国奴隶制的兴衰 the growth of slavery

1、As early as 1688, he spoke out publicly against slavery.He founded the 1st antislavery society in the colonies.美国政界人物、女权运动先驱、书简作家，美国第2任总统约翰亚当斯的夫人。1764年10月25日与约翰亚当斯结为夫妇，先后育有5个孩子。 阿比盖尔是一位彻底的联邦制拥护者。人们普遍认为她对丈夫和儿子的政治生涯有着极大的影响。1803年她的大儿子约翰昆西亚当斯当选上议员，并于她逝世后的第6年，即1825年当选为美国总统。亚伯拉罕林肯是美国第 16 任总统，是世界历史中最伟大的人物之

2、一，领导了拯救联邦和结束奴隶制度的伟大斗争。人们怀念他的正直、仁慈、和坚强的个性，他一直是美国历史上最受人景仰 的总统之一。尽管他在边疆只受过一点儿初级教育，担任公职的经验也很少，然而，他那敏锐的洞察力和深厚的人道主义意识，使他成了美国历史上最伟大的总统。I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I h

3、ave a dream today!I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys an

4、d white girls as sisters and brothers.I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight? and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all

5、 flesh shall see it together.When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white me

6、n, would be guaranteed the unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds.“ But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, weve come to cash t