Clemens：If you want to survive,do and say aslittle as possible. Tell no one who you really are,andtell no one that you can read and write. Unless youwant to be a dead nigger. 
克萊門斯：想要生存的話，盡量低調(diào)點，別告訴別人你是誰，別跟別人說你會閱讀寫字，除非你想喪命黃泉。 

Clemens：The rest here are niggers, born and bredslaves. Niggers aren't got the stomach for afight.Not a damn one. 

克萊門斯：在這兒剩下的都是黑人，天生都是當奴隸的料，黑人根本就沒有反抗的動力，沒有一個。 

All I know,where we keep travelling we wish we diedtrying. 
我認為無論如何我們都要反抗。 

Clemens：Survival is not about certain death, it isabout keeping your dead down. 
克萊門斯：生存下去不是為了送死，而是要保持低調(diào)。 

Solomon：Days ago I was with my family in myhome. Now you tell me all is lost. Tell no one who Ireally am? If I want to survive.Well, I don't want tosurvive, I want to live. 
所羅門：幾天前我還和我的家人在一起，現(xiàn)在你跟我說一切都沒了，活著還不能告訴別人我是誰，所以，我不想活著，我只想要真正的生活。 

Solomon：I survive! I will not fall into despair! I willoffer up my talents to Master Ford. I will keep myselfhearty until freedom is opportune! 
所羅門：我只是為了生存，我不會讓自己陷入悲傷的絕望中，我要給福德先生貢獻，我在等待重獲自由的機會。 

Solomon：My back is thick with scars from protesting my freedom. 

所羅門：我愿意用一生去追求自由身。