古德明英语军事小故事：华盛顿的奴隶(中英对照)
古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
华盛顿的奴隶
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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