Though many northerners bayed for his execution, one unlikely group petitioned for his release: the former slaves on his own Mississippi cotton plantation.

• 当时虽然不少北人狺狺然主张把他处死，有一群人却出乎意料要求把他释放：那群人从前正是戴维斯名下密西西比州棉树种植场上的奴隶。