On Nevis he witnessed the cruel nature of a slaveholding society with public whippings and slave-auctions commonplace.

在尼维斯，他亲眼目隶制社会的残酷本质，公开鞭打和隶拍卖司空见惯。

In some analyses, this effort reflected a wish to stop slaveholding economies undercutting British exporters, who now relied on free labour.

在一些分析中， 这一努力反映出希望阻止隶制经削弱英国出口商，而英国出口商现在依赖自由劳动力。

By counting slaves, even though they had no political rights, the slaveholding states mostly in the south would receive greater representation in Congress.

通过计算隶数量， 即使他们没有政治权利，主要位的蓄州也将在国会获得更多代表权。

Thus, Jefferson and Madison presented themselves as defenders of the common man in opposition to the so-called northern aristocracy, despite the fact that they depended on the support of slaveholding states in the south.

因此，杰斐逊和麦迪逊将自己描绘成普通人的捍卫者， 反对所谓的北贵族，尽管他们依赖隶制国家的支持。