An unfriended, helpless slave—what could I do, what could I say, to justify, in the remotest manner, the heinous act I had committed, of resenting a white man's contumely and abuse.

一个没有朋友、无助的奴隶——我能做什么， 我能说什么，以最遥远的方式证明我犯下的令人发指的行为， 对白人的侮辱和虐待感到不满。