Abin da Kirsimeti Hakkin Ga Masu Abolition

Na William Loren Katz, Consortium News

Kafin Kirsimeti ya zama nasara ta kasuwanci, hakan ya haifar da rayuwa ta zamantakewa. A cikin yankunan 13 na Amirka da farkon zamanin {asar Amirka, an san shi da wani bikin na shan barasa mai yawa da kuma yin tawaye.

Amma yayinda gwagwarmaya akan bautar da aka yi a cikin 1830s, wata ƙungiyar mata na Krista sun jagoranci shi a cikin hutu da aka ba wa Sarkin salama da yalwatawa.

A cikin 1834, mambobi ne na Kamfanin Anti-Slavery Massachusetts na William Lloyd Garrison - 'yan Afirka na Amurka da masu fata, maza da mata - sun ga Kirisimeti a matsayin damar da za ta gabatar da wani bangare na munafunci wanda ya yi shelar' yanci ga dukan mutane da yawa na Afrika, mata da yara fursuna cikin bautar.

Mata sun zama shugabanci a wannan aiki, suna nuna rashin amincewa da al'ummar da suka hana su kuri'un da kuma yawancin muryar jama'a. Don tallafawa abin da ya faru, wadannan matan sun shirya bazaars na Kirsimeti da suka sayar da kyaututtuka kuma suka busa saƙon sakonni.

Saboda mata suna da muhimmanci a wannan kokarin, kafofin yada labarai na ranar da ake kira 'yan majalisa' '' '' '' '' '' '' '' kuma 'yan magoya bayan maza sun ce' '' 'Nancy' maza ''. Duk da haka, koda yake a kan maganganu da halayen jiki, . Bayan wasu tarurruka, mata suna hade da makamai, baki da fari, kuma suna kewaye da mazajen su don kare su daga masu mummunan fushi.

Har ila yau, mata masu zartar da mata sunyi jagorancin jagorancin al'ummar arewacin da suka ji rauni da mata da yara suka kasance da matukar damuwa kuma ba su da wani abu don tattaunawar jama'a. Tare da harshe mai tsabta da hotuna masu ban sha'awa, matan mata masu amfani da su sun yi amfani da bikin bikin Kirsimeti don yadu da mummunan halin da 'yan mata suka bautar.

Don shiga cikin kwarewar Arewa, matan sun kwatanta yadda al'amuran da aka yi wa yara a matsayin horo - wanda ya fara karɓar rashin amincewarsu - ga mummunan zalunci na maza, mata da yara maza, wanda kafofin watsa labarun ya ɓoye daga ganin jama'a.

Matan sun mayar da biki na Kirsimati a lokacin kyauta mai kyauta wanda ya ba da 'ya'ya. Ta hanyar jaddada irin wannan jiyya na yara, matan sun tambayi 'yan Amurkan su yarda da cewa mutanen da suka bautar, wadanda ke da' yanci fiye da yara, sun cancanci kula da Kirista da karimci.

Akalla a farkon Massachusetts cin zarafi na 'yan adawa da aka fi sani da "Garuruwa ta Boston Garrison Juvenile Choir". Ya raira waƙa irin waƙoƙin tarurruka irin su "Sugar Plums." Mata da suka gudanar da wannan bikin Kirsimeti sun yi amfani da alamomi mai ban sha'awa, irin su evergreen shrub. A ƙarshen 1830s, bikin Kirsimeti ya zama tushen tushen abolitionist tarawa.

Masu goyon bayan bazaar sun maye gurbin kananan tsire-tsire mai tsayi mai tsayi, tsinkayen da Charles Follen yayi, wani ɗan ƙasar Jamus ne mai neman hakkin hakkin yara da kuma Farfesa a Jami'ar Harvard. An kori shi a 1835 saboda ayyukansa na bautar gumaka.

Wannan Kirsimeti, marubucin marubucin Birtaniya Harriet Martineau ya ziyarci gidan Follen kuma ya zama mai banƙyama ta wurin kullunsa. Martineau ta nuna sha'awar "Kirsimeti" na Follen a cikin ɗayan littattafai kuma jama'a sun zama masu jin dadi. Gashin bishiyar Kirsimeti ya tsaya ne a matsayin wani nau'i na 'yanci mai tsabta.

A waɗannan kwanaki, matan da suka yi wa 'yan adawa da' yan uwanta maza suna fuskantar wani bawa mai iko wanda ke kula da miliyoyin maza, mata da yara a matsayin dukiyoyi, da kuma tsarin siyasar da kasashen kudanci ke mamayewa da ke gudanar da manufofi masu yawa na uku rassan gwamnatin tarayya.

Amma duk da haka, don nuna irin laifin da ake yi wa kasar da babban laifi, wannan rikice-rikice na 'yan mata na mata ya canza abin da ya kasance wani biki na yau da kullum, a lokacin bikin Kirsimeti wanda ya inganta' yanci ga kowa.

Don haskaka haske game da zunubi na bautar mutum da kuma buƙatar da ake bukata a ranar Kirsimeti da sauran kwanakin 364, wadannan masu zanga-zangar zanga-zangar adawa sun keta wuya a rufe ƙofofi, ta yin amfani da zane-zane da halayyar kirki. Daga bisani harkokinsu ba kawai ya yantar da 'yan'uwansu maza da mata ba, amma sun haifa a cikin ƙungiyar Suffrage wadda ta sami halartar' yan siyasa a Amurka a shekarun da suka gabata.

Amfani da su na Kirsimeti don yin bayani game da batun bautar gumaka kuma ya ba da alamun kyawawan alamomin Kirsimeti, ciki har da karfafawa ga yara, kyautar kyauta da kuma bishiya. Kuma, ta hanyar ƙarfafa 'yanci, wa] annan matan sun baiwa mulkin demokra] iyyar Amirka kyautar kyautar Kirsimeti, wadda ba ta daina bayar da ita.

William Loren Katz, marubucin 'Yan Indiyawan Indiya: Abubuwan Da aka Haye da kuma wasu littattafan tarihin Amurka guda arba'in, Malami ne mai Ziyarci a Jami'ar New York. Hakkin mallaka William Loren Katz 2010 Shafinsa yana www.williamlkatz.com