Finally, in 1838 Douglass self-liberated and reached the free state of New York.

最终，道格拉斯在 1838 年得以自我解救，并到达了自由的纽约州。

In the ensuing election, he carried all the free states except New Jersey.

在随后的选举中，他赢得了除新泽西州以外的所有自由州。

In that long contest in the United States for the balance of power between the North and South, leaders in the latter section often thought of bringing Cuba into the union to offset the free states.

在那场美国南北力量平衡的长期较量中，后一派的领导人常常想着将古巴拉入联邦， 以抵消自由州的影响。

That issue was whether slavery was to be confined within its existing boundaries or be allowed to spread without interference, thereby placing the free states in the minority and surrendering the federal government wholly to the slave power.

这个问题是奴隶制是被限制在其现有的边界内， 还是被允许不受干扰地传播，从而将自由州置于少数， 并将联邦政府完全交给奴隶权力。

Regular routes, known as " underground railways, " were laid out across the free states into Canada, and trusted friends of freedom maintained " underground stations" where fugitives were concealed in the daytime between their long night journeys.

被称为“地下铁路” 的常规路线穿过自由州进入加拿大，可信赖的自由之友维护着“地下车站” ，白天逃犯在漫长的夜间旅程之间躲藏起来。