Ƴaƴan Afirka

’ Ya’yan Afirka ƙungiya ce ta ƙarshen ƙarni na 18 a Biritaniya da ta yi yunƙurin kawo ƙarshen bautar da ake yi a Afirka . An kira "Ƙungiyar da ta dace" ƙungiyar siyasa baƙar fata ta farko ta Biritaniya.   Membobinta 'yan Afirka ne masu ilimi a London, ciki har da mazan da ake bautar da su a baya kamar su Ottobah Cugoano, Olaudah Equiano da sauran manyan 'yan bakar fata na London . 

Yana da alaƙa ta kut-da-kut da Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, ƙungiya ce mai zaman kanta wacce Granville Sharp da Thomas Clarkson suka kafa a 1787.

 Tarihi 
A Biritaniya a ƙarshen ƙarni na 18, ƙungiyoyi sun shirya don kawo ƙarshen cinikin bayi da kuma kawar da bauta. Quakers sun kasance masu aiki. Wata sabuwar ƙungiya ita ce ’ya’yan Afirka, waɗanda suka ƙunshi ’yan Afirka da aka ’yantar da su daga bauta kuma suke zaune a London, irin su Ottobah Cugoano da Olaudah Equiano . A cikin wannan lokaci a Biritaniya, an taru da yawa na 'yan Afirka a Landan, inda aka kiyasta cewa al'ummar bakaken fata sun kai 10,000, wadanda akasarinsu bayi ne. A lokuta da yawa, mutane sun kasance tare da iyayengijinsu a matsayin bayi. Brain, Jessica (July 28, 2021). "The Sons of Africa". Historic UK. Retrieved February 16, 2025. Mutane da yawa sun sami ilimi kuma sun yi amfani da iliminsu wajen shigar da ƙara a majalisar dokoki kan waɗannan batutuwa, da kuma rubuta wa jaridu da magana a laccoci. Sun kasance masu haɗin gwiwa tare da sabuwar ƙungiyar da aka kafa don Haɓakar Haɓaka Kasuwancin Bawan na 1787, gami da Quakers da Anglicans, gami da Thomas Clarkson. 'Ya'yan Afirka sun kira shi a matsayin "abokinmu na dindindin kuma mai karimci". 

Equiano ya koyi game da shari'ar da'awar inshora na 1783 da ke da alaƙa da kisan kiyashin Zong kuma ya tuntuɓi abolitionist Granville Sharp, wanda ya taimaka wajen kawo karar ga jama'a. Kungiyar ta gudanar da taron jama'a don gabatar da lacca game da bauta. 'Ya'yan Afirka sun yi aiki tare da 'yan majalisar dokoki, da yawa daga cikinsu suna da alaƙa da cinikin bayi. [1] Sun rubuta wasiku, misali ga dan majalisar Sir William Dolben . Sau da yawa sukan aika wasiku na adawa da bautar da bayyani dalla-dalla game da yanayin Gabas ta Tsakiya zuwa jaridu, don taimakawa tada muhawara. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wasiƙun da ya yi da su da kuma ziyarar ganin jirgin bayi da ake kerawa, Dolben ya ba da shawarar dokar Majalisar don inganta yanayin jiragen bayi. Dokar Bawan 1788 ita ce doka ta farko da aka zartar don daidaita cinikin bayi, ta kafa ka'idoji na yawan bayi da za a iya ɗauka dangane da girman jirgin.

Equiano ya kuma jagoranci wakilan 'ya'yan zuwa majalisa don shawo kan 'yan majalisar su soke cinikin bayi na transatlantic . An cimma hakan ne a karkashin dokar cinikin bayi ta 1807, wadda ta shafi dukkan yankunan da ke mulkin mallaka sai na Indiya, inda bautar wani bangare ne na al'adun Indiya . Dokar ta hada da tanade-tanade ga Britaniya ta yi amfani da karfin ruwa wajen aiwatar da dokar, kuma ta fara katse jiragen ruwa ba bisa ka'ida ba a gabar tekun Afirka ta hanyar Toshewar Afirka da kuma kungiyar sintiri na cinikin bayi na Afirka .  'Ya'yan Afirka sun ci gaba da aiki don kawar da bautar a cikin yankunan Birtaniya.

 Membobi 
Membobin 'ya'yan Afirka sun bambanta, sun haɗa da: 

 Olaudah Equiano
 Ottobah Cugoano (wanda sau da yawa ya sanya hannu a matsayin John Stuart)
 George Mandeville
 William Stevens
 Joseph Almze
 Boughwa Gegansmel
 Jasper Goree
 James Bailey
 Thomas Oxford
 John Adams
 George Wallace
 John Christopher
 Thomas Jones
 Thomas Carlisle 
 Daniel Christopher 

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