Mutanen Igbo a cikin cinikin bayi na Atlantic

Ibo na Igboland (a Najeriya ta yanzu) ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan kabilun da za a bautar a lokacin Cinikin bayi na Atlantic. An kiyasta kashi 14.6% na dukkan bayi daga Bight na Biafra, wani bay na Tekun Atlantika wanda ya kai daga Nun na Kogin Neja (Nigeria) zuwa Limbe (Kamaru) zuwa Cape Lopez (Gabon)  tsakanin 1650 da 1900. Babban tashar jiragen ruwa na Bight suna cikin Bonny da Calabar.

 Tarihi 
[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2021)">citation needed</span>]uAn yi garkuwa da galibin ‘yan kabilar Igbo da ke bauta a lokacin da suka kai farmaki kauyukan.[ana binciken hujja] [citation need] An fara tafiya don bautar kabilar Igbo a tsohuwar Temple na Kogo da ke cikin masarautar Arochukwu.[1] A cikin wannan lokaci, Masarautun Ibo guda uku sun bi al'adu da addini iri ɗaya, amma duk da haka sun kasance suna gudanar da ayyuka daban-daban da juna. Masarautar Nri da Jihohin Igbo masu zaman kansu (Kungiyar Jihohin Ibo masu cin gashin kansu) ba su yi bauta ba, kuma mutanen da ake bautar da su daga ƙasashe maƙwabta sukan yi gudun hijira zuwa waɗannan masarautu domin a ‘yanta su. A daya bangaren kuma, Arochukwu, ya yi tsarin bautar da ya sha bamban da na bautar da ake yi a kasashen Amurka

[citation needed]Duk 'yan kabilar Igbo sun yi duba da sunan 'yan kabilar Ibo a cinikin bayi a tekun Atlantika, amma masarautar Arochukwu ta sha bamban domin wani bawan Allah ne wanda ke jagorantar yanke shawara ga sarki. A wannan lokacin, idan wani ya aikata wani laifi, ko bashi, ko ya aikata wani abu da ake kira “abin kyama” (misali kashe wasu nau’ukan dabbobi ana daukarsu a matsayin abin kyama saboda alakarsu da wasu gumaka), sai a kai su harabar kogo don fuskantar shari’a. Bahaushe, wanda kuma buƙatun ’yan kasuwar bayi na Turawa suka rinjayi, zai yanke wa waɗannan mutane hukuncin bautar, har ma da ƙananan laifuffuka. Za a umurci wanda aka azabtar ya kara tafiya zuwa cikin kogon don ruhohin su "lalata" su, amma, a gaskiya, an kai su zuwa wani buɗaɗɗen da ke ɗaya gefen kuma an ɗora su kai tsaye a kan jirgin ruwan jira. Wannan jirgin ruwan zai kai su jirgin bayi da ke kan hanyar zuwa Amurka.[ana yanayi hujja]

An san mutanen Igbo da tawaye har ma da samun babban kashi na kashe kansa don kauce wa bautar.

Mutanen Igbo sun warwatse galibi zuwa British West Indies, wanda Jamaica ta sami mafi yawan bayi na Igbo. 

An warwatsa bayi na Igbo zuwa Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad da Tobago, Cuba, Haiti, da Amurka. 

Wasu mutanen da aka rubuta na mutanen Afirka a tsibirin Caribbean sun rubuta 2,863 Igbo a Trinidad da Tobago a cikin ƙidayar 1813;  894 a Saint Lucia a cikin ƙididdigar 1815;  440 a Saint Kitts da Nevis a cikin ƙ ƙidayar 1817;  da 111 a Guyana a cikin ƙimar 1819 .  

 Barbados 
An warwatsa Igbo zuwa Barbados da yawa. Olaudah Equiano, sanannen marubucin Igbo, abolitionist kuma tsohon bawa, an sauke shi a can bayan an sace shi daga garinsu kusa da bight of Biafra. Bayan ya isa Barbados an yi fataucin saurin zuwa Virginia. A lokacinsa, kashi 44 cikin 100 na 'Yan Afirka 90,000 da suka sauka a tsibirin (tsakanin 1751 da 1775) sun fito ne daga kogin. Haɗin tsakanin Barbados da Bight of Biafra ya fara ne a tsakiyar karni na sha bakwai, tare da rabin fursunonin Afirka da suka isa tsibirin daga can.

 Haiti 
Haiti Laya-linkid="1178" href="./Slavery_in_Haiti" id="mweA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery in Haiti">Laya da bayi da yawa na Igbo. Har yanzu akwai maganar Creole na Nou se Igbo (Mu Igbos ne).  Abubuwan al'adun Haiti da ke nuna wannan ana iya ganin su a cikin loa, wani loa na Haiti (ko allahn) wanda addinin Vodun ya kirkira.
Bonny da Calabar sun fito ne a matsayin manyan wuraren shiga na bayi na Afirka ta Yamma da aka ƙaddara don kasuwannin bayi na Jamaica a karni na 18. Jiragen bayi na Bristol da Liverpool sun mamaye su, an yi amfani da waɗannan tashoshin jiragen ruwa da farko don samar da bayi ga yankunan Burtaniya a Amurka. A Jamaica, yawancin bayi na Igbo sun isa bayan sauran isowar 'yan Afirka a tsibirin a cikin lokacin bayan shekarun 1750. Akwai karuwar yawan bayi da suka isa Amurka, musamman yankunan mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, daga Bight of Biafra a karni na 18; mafi girman waɗannan ƙaura da aka tilasta ya faru tsakanin 1790 da 1807. Sakamakon irin wannan tsarin bautar ya sanya Jamaica, bayan Virginia, wuri na biyu mafi yawan wuraren da aka saba amfani da su daga Bight of Biafra; yayin da Igbo suka kafa mafi rinjaye daga Bight, sun zama mafi yawan wakilci a Jamaica a cikin ƙarni na 18 da 19.
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