Rosetta Smith
 Rosetta Smith | |
|---|---|
| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | Port of Spain, 1770 |
| ƙasa | Daular Biritaniya |
| Mutuwa | 1825 |
| Karatu | |
| Harsuna | Turanci |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a |
slave trader (en)  da ɗan kasuwa |
Rosetta Smith ( c. 1770-1775 – c. 1825 ) ' yar kasuwa ce ta Afirka-Trinidad kuma 'yar kasuwa. Kasancewarta uwargidan Thomas Picton, gwamnan Trinidad, an nuna ta a matsayin mace mai lalata da mugunta wadda ta yi amfani da dabarunta don yin amfani da gwamnan ta hanyar kafofin zamani. Sake duba rayuwarta ya nuna cewa 'yar kasuwa ce mai wayo wacce ta yi nasarar faɗaɗa dukiyarta tsawon akalla shekaru talatin.
Rayuwa ta farko
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bayanan rayuwar Smith a farkon rayuwarta ba su da yawa. Ana ta rade-radin cewa ita mace ce 'yar asalin ƙasar Faransa kuma tana cikin shekarunta na ashirin lokacin da Thomas Picton ya zama gwamnan Trinidad a 1797. An kuma ce ta yi aure kuma ta bar mijinta saboda matsalolin kuɗi. [1] A shekarar 1798, ta zama uwargidan Picton kuma ma'auratan za su haifi 'ya'ya huɗu tare. [1]
Sana'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Smith ya bayyana a cikin Littattafan Lamunin Sifaniyanci na Port of Spain akai-akai, waɗanda su ne bayanan cinikin kasuwanci da aka riƙe tun lokacin mulkin mallaka na Spain . Ana amfani da littattafan har zuwa 1813, lokacin da Turawan Ingila suka maye gurbinsu da tsarin adana bayanai nasu. [1] Lamunin Lamunin da Rijistar Bayi sun nuna cewa ta zauna a Port of Spain, a cikin yanayi na birni maimakon a gonar. [1] Tun lokacin da Picton ta isa Port of Spain, ita da shi sun shiga harkar kama bayi, wanda ya kasance na doka kuma mai riba. [1] Duk da cewa tana cinikin kadarori, yawancin kuɗin shigarta ya fito ne daga siyan, sayarwa da kuma kwace bayi. [1]
Saboda alaƙarta da Picton, Smith sau da yawa yakan fuskanci suka daga masu sukarsa. [1] Picton, duk da cewa kwararren jami'in soja ne, ya yi mulki ta hanyar tsoro da rashin tausayi. Bayan azabtar da wata yarinya 'yar shekara goma sha huɗu ta hanyar yi mata sata a 1801, an cire shi daga mukamin Gwamnan Trinidad a 1803 kuma ya koma Ingila don fuskantar shari'a. Babban mai zargin Picton, shine William Fullarton, wanda aka naɗa a matsayin wani ɓangare na kwamiti don duba yadda Trinidad ke tafiyar da harkokinta. [2] Fullarton da mai rubuta takardar Pierre McCallum sun ba da rahoton cewa Smith shine wanda ya tayar da hankalin Picton, suna nuna ra'ayin cewa gwamnan yana ƙarƙashin ikonta. [1] [3] A cikin rahotonsa, Fullarton ya zargi Picton da Smith da daure, hukunta da kuma cin zarafin 'yan mafarauta da guduwa saboda ƙananan laifuka sannan kuma ya yi wa abokansa siyar da su a ɓoye akan ƙarancin farashin siye. [4] A zahiri, su biyun sun yi kwangila da Antonio Vallecilla, wani jami'in rundunar sojojin Caracas, wanda ya yi amfani da kariyarsa a matsayin mai kama bayi na duniya don gudanar da sa ido kan Turawan Birtaniya. [1]
Daga cikin ayyukan kasuwanci marasa kyau da Fullarton ta yi wa Picton, akwai zargin cewa Picton ta ba wa sojoji kwangilar samar da itace da kayan maye ga "Mrs. Rosetta Smith, Mace Mai Launi, wacce ta zauna tare da shi". [4] Daga nan sai jita-jita suka bayyana cewa ta yi amfani da kudin kwangilar don siyan bordello, wanda ta yi amfani da shi don nishadantar da maza masu tasiri da kuma fallasa sirrinsu wanda ta ba da rahoto ga Picton. Bugu da ƙari, ta yi amfani da tasirinta, an zarge ta da karɓar cin hanci daga fursunoni don tabbatar da rage musu hukuncin ɗaurin kurkuku da kuma yin salon gyaran gashi na mako-mako don ba ta alfarma. A wani lokaci, an zarge ta da amfani da sojojin soji don korar wata bazawara da 'ya'yanta mata biyu daga gidan da take son siya. [5] [6] [4] Bangaren Smith na labarin shine cewa bazawara ta yarda ta sayar, amma daga baya ta yi ƙoƙarin sake tattaunawa kan cinikin don ƙarin kuɗi kuma ta yi zargin cewa su ba Smith ba ne ɓangarorin da suka fusata. [1] [3] Lokacin da matan suka kai ƙara ga Ofishin Mulkin Mallaka, babu wani mataki da aka ɗauka a kan Smith, wataƙila yana nuna cewa labarinta abin dogaro ne. [3]