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《大西洋月刊》 第337卷 第3期 · 2026年3月3日 · 中文解读

亨利·福特汉姆之谜

The Mystery of Henry Fordham · Eugene Robinson
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本文讲述了作者追寻其曾曾祖父亨利·福特汉姆如何获得自由的故事,通过查阅历史档案和家族记录,最终在1851年的《自由黑人名册》中找到了他的名字。
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How did my great-great-grandfather become a free man? BY EUGENE ROBINSON T he librarian sat me in front of a microfilm reader and brought out roll after roll of film. I stayed there for hours, squinting to deci- pher the archaic handwriting in the Free Negro Book, which was published annually in South Carolina before the Civil War. The names in each year’s edition were alphabetized, but only roughly— all of the sur- names starting with A came before all of the surnames start- ing with B, but Agee might come before Anderson, or it might come after. I began with the 1848 edi- tion, but there was no listing for a Henry Fordham. …
摘自《大西洋月刊》(The Atlantic)第337卷 第3期 · 2026年3月3日,Eugene Robinson。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。
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