古德明英語軍事小故事：華盛頓的奴隸(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰(zhàn)爭。
華盛頓的奴隸
in 1790, when the united states' capital was moved to philadelphia, pennsylvania, president george washington brought his own slave chef, hercules, from his virginia plantation, mount vernon. but he faced a problem: pennsylvania law stipulated that slaves be given their freedom after six months' residency. to get around this, washington systematically rotated the president house slaves in and out of the state to prevent their establishing a six-month continuous residency. this rotation was itself a violation of pennsylvania law, but the president's actions were not challenged.
washington could be very brutal in treating his slaves, and one night hercules escaped from mount vernon. though washington tried to have him captured, he was never found. hercules' six-year-old daugher was reported to have said,"i am very glad, because father is now free."
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