Rundunar Afirka

Rundunar Sojin Ruwa ta Afrika wani bangare ne na Sojojin ruwa na Amurka da suka yi aiki daga 1819 zuwa 1861 a Toshewar Afirka don dakile cinikin bayi a gabar tekun Afirka ta Yamma. Koyaya, galibi ana danganta kalmar gabaɗaya ga ayyukan yaƙi da bauta a lokacin da ya kai ga yakin basasar Amurka .

Tawagar ta fito ne daga yarjejeniyar 1819 tsakanin Amurka da Burtaniya wacce ta kasance farkon matakin dakatar da cinikin, kuma yarjejeniyar Webster-Ashburton ta 1842 ta kara bayyana. Ko da yake an haɗa su ta hanyar fasaha tare da Squadron na Yammacin Afirka na Burtaniya da ke Saliyo, a aikace tawagar Amurka ta yi aiki da kanta.

Matthew Perry shi ne kwamandan farko na tawagar, kuma ya kafa kansa a cikin Portuguese Cape Verde .

Gabaɗaya rundunar ba ta da tasiri, tunda jiragen sun yi kaɗan, kuma tun da yawancin ayyukan ciniki sun koma yankin Kogin Neja ( Nijeriya a halin yanzu), wanda ba a rufe shi. A cikin shekaru biyu na shugabancin Perry, bawa daya ne kawai aka ruwaito cewa an kama shi, kuma kotun New Orleans ta wanke wannan jirgin daga baya. A cikin shekaru 16 na aikin squadron, ma'aikatan jiragen ruwa 19 ne kawai suka je kotu. An wanke waɗannan bayin ko kuma an ci tarar su kaɗan. Sauran kwamandojin, duk da haka, sun fi samun nasara.

 'Yan sintiri na cinikin bayi na Afirka 
Yankin tafiye-tafiye na Squadron na Afirka ya kasance daga Cape Frio zuwa kudu (kimanin digiri 18 a kudu), zuwa Madeira a arewa. Duk da haka, ma'ajiyar kayan aikin rundunar tana cikin tsibiran Cape Verde, kimanin  daga tsakiyar arewacin cibiyar cinikin bayi a yankin Biafra da kuma kudu. Sashen sojan ruwa bai motsa wurin da aka ajiye wurin ba sai a shekarar 1859, lokacin da aka kafa shi a São Paulo de Luanda, a cikin Angola ta Fotigal, kusan digiri takwas daga latitude kudu. A lokaci guda kuma sashen ya fitar da Madeira daga kan iyaka ga tawagar.

Mafi akasarin tafiye-tafiyen da tawagar ta yi a cikin shekaru goma na farko sun kasance a gabar tekun yammacin Afirka, tare da kula da muradun Laberiya . A cikin shekarun 1850 da yawa daga cikin cinikin bayi a wannan yanki Turawan mulkin mallaka sun kawar da su a cikin kasar Saliyo, da kuma 'yan Laberiya.

Wannan duk da haka, bai dakatar da kwamitin daraktocin American Colonization Society daga rubuta wa Shugaban Amurka don karfafa "dutse" na Squadron na Afirka a cikin 1855 daidai da Yarjejeniyar Webster-Ashburton a cikin ƙoƙari na hana masu aikin jirgin ruwa da masu bautar amfani da wasikun teku don da'awar asalin Amurka a ƙoƙarin su na ci gaba da cinikin bayi a bakin tekun Afirka.

 An kama jiragen ruwa 

 Afrika Squadron 
VesselCaptorDateLocationUncas1 March 1844GallinasSpitfire24 March 1845Pongas R.Patuxent27 September 1845Cape MountPons30 September 1845KabendaMerchant3 December 1845Sierra LeonePanther15 December 1845KabendaRobert Wilson15 January 1846Porto PrayaMalaga13 April 1846KabendaCasket2 August 1846KabendaChancellor10 April 1847Cape PalmasExcellent23 April 1850AmbrizMartha6 June 1850AmbrizChatsworth11 September 1850AmbrizAdvance3 November 1852Porto PrayaR.P. Brown23 January 1853Porto PrayaH.N. Gambrill3 November 1853KongoGlamorgan10 March 1854KongoW.G. Lewis6 November 1857KongoBrothers8 September 1858MayumbaJulia Dean28 December 1858Cape Coast CastleOrion21 April 1859KongoArdennes27 April 1859KongoEmily21 September 1859LoangoDelicia21 September 1859KabendaVirginian6 February 1860KongoFalmouth6 May 1860Porto PrayaThomas Achorn29 June 1860KabendaTriton16 July 1860LoangoErie8 August 1860KongoStorm King8 August 1860KongoCora26 September 1860KongoBonito10 October 1860KongoExpress25 February 1861Possibly Loango21 April 1861KabendaTriton20 May 1861KongoFalmouth14 June 1861Kongo
Source: Canney, DL, Afirka Squadron, Littattafan Potomac, 2006, pp. 233-234

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