1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. 《汤姆叔叔的小屋》又名《卑贱者的生活》（Life Among the Lowly）是美国女作家哈里特·比彻·斯托 (Harriet Beecher Stowe) 撰写的一部反奴隶制小说。
2. Written in 1852 in response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, Uncle Tom's Cabin has been considered as the most influential anti-slavery novel in that period. 写于1852年为了反对逃奴法案的通过，《汤姆叔叔的小屋》一直被视为这一时期最有影响力的反奴隶制的小说。
3. Groups like Anti-Slavery International say other, less dramatic, cases are equally deserving of attention, such as that of Lydia Garcia, a Filipino maid working in London. 一些组织如“反奴役国际”称还有一些案件虽然没有菲律宾女佣案那么具有戏剧性，也同样值得关注。
4. The author believes that Greene's concealed agenda in "Journey Without Maps" was to act as eyes and ears for the Anti-Slavery Society, concerned at that time about slave Labour conditions in Liberia. 作者认为格林当时关心利比里亚的奴役劳工状况，其在《没有地图的旅途》有一段秘密任务就是作为反奴隶制社会的耳目。
5. The Homestead Bill was intertwined closely with the regional relationships between the North, South and West, and the struggle between pro slavery and anti slavery forces. 它同美国南、北、西三大地理区域关系、奴隶制与反奴隶制的斗争紧密地交织在一起。
