Betsy Heard

Betsy Heard (c. 1759 - bayan 1812)  'yar kasuwa ce kuma 'yar kasuwa Bayin  Yuro-Afrika. 

Mahaifinta ɗan kasuwa ne wanda ya yi tafiya daga Liverpool, Ingila, zuwa tsibirin Los Islands, kusa da bakin tekun Guinea a yanzu, a tsakiyar shekarun 1700.  Mahaifiyarta 'yar Afirka ce.  Wataƙila mahaifinta ya bi al’adar ƙasar, wadda ta nuna cewa baƙo zai kasance da matsayinsa a cikin jama’a ta wajen auran kuyangar mai gidansa ko kuma ‘yar kuyanga. 

Mahaifin Heard ya aika da ita zuwa Ingila, mai yiwuwa a kusa da Liverpool (inda yawanci akwai 'yan Afirka 50-70 da 'ya'yan jinsin 'yan kasuwa masu samun ilimin Ingilishi  ).   Bayan ta kammala karatunta, ta koma Afirka ta Yamma kuma ta kafa wurin kasuwanci a kan kogin Bereira, bayan cinikin mahaifinta.   A ƙarshe, ta gaji masana'antar cinikin bayi da haɗin gwiwar mahaifinta.  A shekara ta 1794, ta kafa tsarin mulkin mallaka a kan cinikin bayi a yankin kuma ta mallaki babban tashar jiragen ruwa a Bereira, jiragen ruwa da yawa, da ɗakin ajiya.  Wannan nasara ta samu ne saboda jihadin Musulunci a Futa Jallon; waɗanda aka ci nasara aka yi mai da su bayi. Ita kanta Bereira musulmai ne suka kama ta, amma hakan bai yi wani tasiri a kasuwancinta ba.  An gane ta a matsayin sarauniyar kogin har zuwa karshen ƙarnin. 

Arzikinta da tasirinta na siyasa ya kuma sa ta yi suna a fannin diflomasiyya; ta sasanta rikicin da ya daɗe a tsakanin shekara ta 1800 zuwa 1807 tsakanin sarakunan yankin da kuma Kamfanin Saliyo da kuma hana yaki.    Da alama ta yi ritaya daga cinikin bayi bayan wannan. 

A cewar wani baƙo, ta yi wa gidanta kayan aiki irin na Turawa.  A  shekarar 1807, ta sake gina wani gida. 

A fili ta kasance dangin Augustine Heard of Heard &amp; Company, wanda ke hulɗa da cinikin opium na California.

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 Alamomi, 'yan kasuwan bayi mata a Afirka ta yamma ta mulkin mallaka

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