《纽约时报》2015年2月16日（http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/opinion/george-washington-slave-catcher.html?_r=0）
全文我就不贴了，全文我就不贴了，只转贴少部分很有意思的、震撼性的历史：
The act began dismantling slavery, eventually releasing people from bondage after their 28th birthdays. Under the law, any slave who entered Pennsylvania with an owner and lived in the state for longer than six months would be set free automatically. This presented a problem for the new president.
Washington developed a canny strategy that would protect his property and allow him to avoid public scrutiny. Every six months, the president’s slaves would travel back to Mount Vernon or would journey with Mrs. Washington outside the boundaries of the state （华盛顿采用了一种很精明的办法保住自己的黑奴财产以逃避公众的质疑：每隔六个月，这些黑奴就回到Mount Vernon或和华盛顿的老婆一起跑到州外去）. In essence, the Washingtons reset the clock. The president was secretive when writing to his personal secretary Tobias Lear in 1791: “I request that these Sentiments and this advise may be known to none but yourself & Mrs. Washington.”
The president went on to support policies that would protect slave owners who had invested money in black lives. In 1793, Washington signed the first fugitive slave law, which allowed fugitives to be seized in any state, tried and returned to their owners. Anyone who harbored or assisted a fugitive faced a $500 penalty and possible imprisonment（华盛顿签属了一项法律，任何隐藏或帮助在逃黑奴的人，要被罚款500美元[顶现在的50万了吧？够狠]或入监）。
