Hilary Teague

Hilary Teague (1802 – Mayu 21, 1853), wani lokaci ana rubuta shi azaman Hilary Teage, ɗan kasuwa ne, ɗan jarida, kuma ɗan siyasa ɗan Laberiya a farkon shekarun ƙasar Laberiya ta Yamma. Dan asalin jihar Virginia da ke Amurka, ya yi suna da basirar iya magana kuma ya yi fice a fagen siyasar mulkin mallaka na Laberiya. Babban mai ba da shawara ga 'yancin kai' yanci daga 'yanci daga ƙasashen Liberiya daga kungiyar' yan majalisar dokoki a shekarar 1847, ya yi hidima a matsayin majalisar 'yancin kai a cikin shekarun da suka biyo baya."Calumny refuted by facts from Liberia; with extracts from the inaugural address of the coloured President Roberts; an eloquent speech of Hilary Teage, a coloured senator", 1848 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Teague kyauta a Virginia, Amurka, a cikin shekarar 1805. Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Frances Teague  da mahaifinsa Colin Teague, tsohon bawa wanda ya zama mishan na Baptist a lokacin ƙoƙarin farko na kafa ƙasar Laberiya. Iyalin sun yi hijira zuwa Afirka ta Yamma a shekarar 1821. 

Hilary Teague kuma ya yi hidima a matsayin mai hidimar Baptist a Monrovia kuma ɗan kasuwa ne da ke cinikin dabino.  A cikin shekarar 1835, Teague ya zama mai shi kuma editan Laberiya Herald a Monrovia bayan John Brown Russwurm ya bar zama gwamnan Jamhuriyar Maryland.  A matsayin edita, Teague ya zama mai sadaukar da kai ga 'yancin kai na Laberiya kuma ya haɗu da jumhuriya, baƙar fata, da Kiristanci don gabatar da shari'arsa.Carl Patrick Burrowes, "Black Christian republicanism: a Southern ideology in early Liberia, 1822 to 1847, The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 86, 2001  Ya kasance shugaban jarida har zuwa shekara ta 1849, lokacin da ya tafi don ba da cikakkiyar hankali ga siyasa.

 Sana'ar siyasa 
A cikin shekarar 1835, Teague ya zama Sakataren 'yan Mulkin Mallaka na Laberiya. A cikin shekarar 1839, shi ne magatakarda na babban taron wanda ya gabatar da ra'ayoyin mazauna ga Ƙungiyar Mulkin Amurka game da sake fasalin tsarin mulki.  Daga baya ya kasance mai amfani da kayan aiki a Yarjejeniyar Tsarin Mulki na shekarar 1847-mai wakiltar Montserrado County  - a cikin muhawara da tabbatar da Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Laberiya na shekarar 1847.  Ya kuma rubuta sanarwar 'yancin kai na Laberiya, wanda ya nuna rashin amincewa da yadda ake yiwa Amurkawa 'yan Afirka a matsayin bayi da 'yan ƙasa na biyu a Amurka.  Teague ya zama Sakataren Gwamnati na farko na jamhuriyar bayan Laberiya ta ayyana samun 'yancin kai a shekarar 1847.   Teague kuma ya haɗa wakar samun 'yancin kai na Laberiya. 

Ya rasu a Laberiya a ranar 21 ga watan Mayu, 1853, kuma a lokacin shi ne babban lauyan ƙasar.

 Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 Manyan abubuwan Negro Eloquence — Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
 Laccoci akan Bauta, da Maganinsa — Amos Augustus Phelps, Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society
 'Yan gudun hijirar Virginia zuwa Laberiya 

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