One should not read too much into these specific dollar amounts , because what the slaveholder purchases is somewhat different in each case .

我们不必花太多的精神来钻研这些金钱的数目,因为奴隶主人花钱买到的东西在每个例子中多少都有点儿不同.

Slave name - a name given to a slave by a slaveholder .

奴隶名称-给予奴隶主的奴隶一个名称。

Taylor , as we have said , was a slaveholder . But he believed that both california and new mexico should be free states .

泰勒，正如我们前面所说的，他是一位奴隶拥有者，但他认为加利福尼亚和新墨西哥都应该是自由州。