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The Emancipation Proclamation not only freed enslaved Africans,
解放奴隶宣言不单单解放了那些非洲奴隶
it also did something that the North and Lincoln himself had resisted since the start of the war
它也达成了一些北方联邦以及林肯自己从战争之初就坚持要实现的事情
it allowed the recruitment of black men into the Union Army.
解放宣言允许黑人加入到联邦军队之中
Many Northerners didn't believe blacks would fight, they'd run away when confronted or they'd massacre white people with their arms.
许多北方人民并不认为黑人会打仗 他们会在面对敌人的时候落荒而逃 或者他们会用自己的武器来屠杀白人
Nobody knew what would happen if you armed these slaves, there were so many racist preconceptions.
没有人会知道如果你给这些奴隶武器将会发生什么 因为有太多的种族主义的偏见
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.
以及黑人士兵的尊严改变了许多北方人民对于种族 对于黑人的态度
It certainly had a powerful effect on Lincoln himself.
当然 这对林肯自身也有着很大的影响
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种族观念为什么会在南北战争中发生改变 很大程度上都是因为那些黑人士兵
Lincoln comes to feel as many Northerners do,
就像许多北方人民一样 林肯也深深地体会到
that by fighting and dying for the Union, they have staked a claim to citizenship in the post-war world.
黑人为联邦奋战 为联邦牺牲 使他们为自己在内战后的世界里赢得了公民的身份
The greatness of Lincoln is his capacity for growth.
林肯的伟大之处在于他自身的成长
By the end of the Civil War, by the end of his life, Lincoln's views on race have changed significantly.
在南北战争结束之时 在他生命尽头之时 林肯对于种族的观念和看法发生了天翻地覆的改变
He has not become Martin Luther King Jr,
他并不是马丁路德金
but he has come to recognise that the United States is going to be a biracial society.
但是他逐渐认识到 美国将会是一个两个种族共存的社会
