Katin Mary Birkett

Katin Mary Birkett
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1774
Mutuwa	1817
Sana'a

Mary Birkett Card (28 Disamba 1774 – 1817), mawaƙiya ce 'yar Birtaniya da ke zaune a Ireland, mai rajin kawar da bauta, kuma mai rajin kare haƙƙin mata, wacce aka fi tunawa da ita saboda waƙarta ta yaƙi da bauta, A Poem on the African Slave Trade da aka buga lokacin tana da shekaru goma sha bakwai.

Tarihin Rayuwa

An haifi Mary Birkett a ranar 28 ga Disamba, 1774 a Liverpool ga William da Sarah Birkett. Mahaifinta mai kula da harkokin kasuwanci ne kuma a shekarar 1784 iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Dublin . Su dangin Quaker ne. Kawunta shi ne mai goyon bayan kawar da bauta George Harrison, ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar Society for Effect the Abolition of the Slave Trade . Iyalan Birkett suna da matsakaicin matsayi kuma duk da cewa ba su da tsauri kuma ba su da tsauri, a matsayinsu na Quakers, sun bambanta da maƙwabtansu na Irish, suna da alaƙa da alaƙarsu a Birtaniya da asalin Ingilishi. An koyar da Card a fannin kiɗa, fasaha, Faransanci, zane da adabi. Ta auri Nathaniel Card a 1801. Shi ɗan uwa ne na biyu kuma ɗan kasuwa ne a Dublin. Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya takwas amma huɗu ne kawai suka tsira daga ƙuruciya. Kasuwancin dangin yana da matsalolin kuɗi waɗanda ta tattauna a rubuce-rubucenta. Ta rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa yayin da take zaune da dangin American Quaker a Milford Haven a 1804. Iyalan Rotch sun zauna a Castle Hall kuma suna nishadantar da mutane daga fannoni da yawa ciki har da marubuta, masu fasaha da jami'an ruwa.

Duk da cewa akwai wani muhimmin ɓangare na rubutunta wanda ke yaƙi da bauta, ƙaramin ɓangare ne kawai na aikinta. Ta yi rubutu sosai game da matsaloli daban-daban da wata mata 'yar Quaker ke fuskanta a Dublin. Duk da cewa ƙungiyar Quaker ta bai wa mata wani matakin daidaito game da wa'azi, manyan shawarwari har yanzu ana yanke su ne ta hanyar tarurrukan Maza. Katin ya takaita a kan abin da ake tsammanin za ta rubuta. Waƙoƙinta sun fara ne da fargabar ƙaura zuwa Ireland kuma ta ci gaba da rayuwa a matsayinta na matashiyar Quaker da kuma gano yadda za ta zama manufa a rayuwarta da fasaha. A tsawon lokaci, aikinta ya fi karkata ga rubutun kalmomi fiye da waƙa. A cikin neman zama ra'ayin matar Quaker, aikinta ya ƙara gano buƙatar bin ƙa'ida da miƙa wuya, yana iyakance bayyana kanta. Wasu daga cikin wannan iyakance kai ya zo ne sakamakon rashin 'ya'yanta inda ta yi imanin cewa rashin kula da hanyar da ta dace ya haifar da mutuwarsu.

Duk da cewa ta yi ƙoƙarin ci gaba da kasancewa mai biyayya da ruhi gwargwadon iyawa, Katin bai ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin gida gaba ɗaya ba. Tana da hannu a gudanar da harkokin iyali da kuma shiga cikin tarurrukan mata. Katin ya tara kuɗi don ayyukan agaji daban-daban kuma ya riƙe mukamai masu alhaki a cikin kwamitocin agaji da ilimi. Waɗannan mukamai galibi sun haɗa da tafiye-tafiye da zama nesa da gida. Katin ya ci gaba da aikinta a matsayin mai fafutukar kawar da bauta a ko'ina, yana ƙarfawa ƙuri'u a kan cinikin bayi.

Waƙarta ta yaƙi da bauta ta ƙarfafa mata su shiga cikin harkar kuma su kaurace wa kayayyakin da ake samu ta hanyar cinikinsa. Sakamakon haka, dubban mutane sun daina shan sukari a cikin shayinsu don nuna rashin amincewa. Katin ya kamu da rashin lafiya kuma ya mutu bayan wata rashin lafiya a 1817. Ta haifi ɗa Nathaniel Card wanda ya tattara rubuce-rubucenta a 1834. Wannan ya haɗa da littafinta, wasiƙunta da waƙoƙi sama da 220.