The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 9, Number 1, Summer (June) 2020 | Page 19

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费尼莫尔 · 库珀作品视角
斯 · 费尼莫尔 · 库珀作品视斯 · 费尼莫尔 · 库珀的作品 ,
和 “ 支配奴隶的美国防御 ”,
种方式代表费尼莫尔对奴隶制
18 世纪末和 19 世纪时期美国人州的美国人。
ans,Herkimers, 詹姆斯 · 费通婚 , 种族混合 , 民主国家
ugees were presented with opportunities
of freedom and land in exchange
for labor. Palatine refugees were sent
to New York by Queen Anne, who negotiated
their terms of servitude with
then-Governor Hunter; the Palatines
were to live in the Hudson Valley on the
land of Robert Livingston to produce
tar pitch out of local pine trees for the
Royal British Navy. As a result of this
unique, collective experience, Palatine
refugees—some of whom later became
slave owners—viewed slavery differently
than much of the American public.
James Fenimore Cooper believed
in the principles of abolitionism.
However, Cooper did not view slavery
as a national crime, as many hardline
abolitionists did. Cooper thought that
slavery would die a natural death in
due course. 1 Thus, Cooper was content
to explain the moral and ethical evils
of the institution of slavery, while predicting
that its demise was imminent. 2