Joseph Knight (bawa)

Joseph Knight (bawa)
Rayuwa
Mazauni	Scotland
Sana'a
Sana'a	artisan (en)

Joseph Knight (fl. 1769-1778) mutum ne wanda aka haife shi a Guinea (sunan gaba ɗaya na Yammacin Afirka) kuma a can ya shiga Bautar. Ya bayyana cewa kyaftin din jirgin da ya kawo shi Jamaica ya sayar da shi ga John Wedderburn na Ballindean, Scotland. Wedderburn ya sa Knight ya yi aiki a gidansa, kuma ya dauke shi lokacin da ya koma Scotland a shekara ta 1769. A lokacin da Knight ya bar hidimarsa, Wedderburn ya kama shi kuma ya kawo shi gaban alƙalai na zaman lafiya.

An yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar Somersett's Case (1772) wanda kotuna suka yanke shawarar cewa bautar ba ta wanzu a karkashin dokar Ingila ba, Knight ya yi tsayayya da da'awarsa. Knight ya lashe da'awarsa bayan daukaka kara sau biyu a cikin shari'ar da ta kafa ka'idar cewa dokar Scots ba za ta goyi bayan kafa bautar ba (sai dai a cikin yanayin bayi da masu gishiri, waɗanda dole ne su jira har zuwa 1799 don 'yanci).

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Joseph Knight a Guinea, bisa ga roƙon da aka gabatar a madadinsa a Kotun Taron; ba a san wane mutane ba, ko kuma ainihin sunansa. An kai shi mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya na Jamaica tun yana yaro, inda aka sayar da shi a matsayin bawa ga John Wedderburn na Ballendean .

Knight v. Wedderburn

Yayinda yake Scotland, Knight ya yi baftisma kuma ya auri Ann Thompson, bawa na iyalin Wedderburn, tare da wanda ya haifi akalla ɗa ɗaya. Ya nemi, kuma Wedderburn ya ki amincewa da shi, don zama tare da matarsa a cikin iyali. A lokacin da Wedderburn ya ki, Knight ya bar aikinsa. Wedderburn ya bayyana ya yi fushi, yana jin cewa ya ba da kyaututtuka masu yawa ga Knight ta hanyar ilimantar da shi da kula da shi, kuma ya kama shi. A shekara ta 1774, Knight ya kawo da'awar a gaban alƙalai na kotun zaman lafiya a Perth, shari'ar da za a san ta da Knight v Wedderburn .