Tafiyar Nijar ta 1841

Binciken Nijar na 1841 ya hau ne daga mishaneri na Burtaniya da kungiyoyin masu fafutuka a cikin 1841-1842, ta amfani da jiragen ruwa guda uku na ƙarfe na Burtaniya don tafiya zuwa Lokoja, a wurin haɗuwar Kogin Neja da Kogin Benue, a cikin abin da ke yanzu Najeriya. Gwamnatin Burtaniya ta goyi bayan kokarin yin yarjejeniya tare da 'yan asalin ƙasar, gabatar da Kiristanci da inganta karuwar kasuwanci. Ma'aikatan jiragen ruwa sun sha wahala daga mutuwa mai yawa daga cuta.

An fara balaguron ne ta hanyar taron Exeter Hall na 1 ga Yuni 1840. [1] Yarima Albert ne ya jagoranci shi.[2] Masu shirya taron sun kasance Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and for the Civilization of Africa, wanda Thomas Fowell Buxton ya kafa a 1839.[3] Buxton yana inganta babbar manufofin "Sabon Afirka", bisa ga jerin yarjejeniyoyi da za a yi a Yammacin Afirka, gabatar da Kiristanci, da haɓaka kasuwanci, kamar yadda aka tsara a cikin littafinsa a shekarar da ta gabata.[4] Ra'ayoyin Buxton sun koma akalla rabin karni, ga Kamfanin Saliyo.[5] A lokacin masu gwagwarmayar adawa da bautar ba su da damar zuwa manyan hukumomin gwamnatin Burtaniya, kuma suna dogaro da tarurrukan jama'a da kuma tashin hankali; Buxton yana cikin matsayi na musamman.[6]
Tarihi
An san shi da hukuma a matsayin African Colonization Expedition, Robert Jamieson, [1] da Macgregor Laird sun yi adawa da shi. An yi wasu shirye-shiryen kiwon lafiya kuma likitocin Royal Navy sun ɗauki quinine a matsayin maganin rigakafi ga zazzabin cizon sauro.[2] Jiragen kuma suna da tsarin iska, wanda ya dogara da na David Boswell Reid don Fadar Westminster . [3]

iragen ruwa guda uku, jiragen ruwa Albert, Wilberforce, da Sudan, Laird na Liverpool ne ya yi su. Kwamandan shi ne Henry Dundas Trotter a cikin Albert, tare da William Allen a cikin Wilberforce da Bird Allen a cikin Sudan.[1] A Saliyo, masu fassara sun shiga aikin.[2] Jirgin ya kira Cape Coast a watan Yuli don sauke sarakunan Ghana Nkwantabisa da Owusu-Ansa, waɗanda suka kasance a Ingila tun 1836.[3]