Ahalin Monsanto

Iyalin Monsanto ɗan kasuwan Bayahude ne na Sephardic mai tarihi da kasuwancin banki  Ford & Stiefel 2012 wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa al'ummar Yahudawa a cikin Mallaka Louisiana (sannan kuma canjawa tsakanin mulkin Faransa da Spain) a cikin karni na 18. Sun samo asali ne daga Iberian Peninsula amma sun koma Amsterdam kuma suka yada ta cikin Daular Holland da Amurka a Curacao. Iyalin sun isa Louisiana a cikin 1760s, kuma ɗaya daga cikin membobinsu, Isaac Monsanto, yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan kasuwa mafi arziki a New Orleans. Iyalin sun tsunduma cikin cinikin bayi na Atlantic kuma sun mallaki bayi na Afirka a gonakinsu a Natchez, Mississippi (wanda aka fi sani da Glenfield Plantation) da Trianon, New Orleans. Ba tare da tsohon kadarorinsu a New Orleans ba, a cikin 1780s, Monsantos sun ajiye bayi 51 don amfanin kansu kuma sun sayar da sauran mutanen Afirka da aka bautar zuwa gonakin Louisiana.

Tarihi
Iyalin Monsanto Yahudawa ne na Sephardic, waɗanda suka samo sunansu daga Monsanto (ma'anar "Tsarin Dutse"), ƙauye a Portugal. Sun rayu na wani lokaci a matsayin Marranos; mutanen da suka yarda da Cocin Katolika a zahiri amma sun ci gaba da yin addinin Yahudanci a asirce. Sun kasance suna yin kasuwanci a Andalusia, Spain (sun kasance a Seville da Malaga) na wani lokaci a cikin karni na 17, kafin su koma Amsterdam, a cikin Lardunan United na Netherlands a lokacin rayuwar Isaac Rodriguez Monsanto (1645-1695). A cikin Netherlands ne aka haifi 'yan'uwan Monsanto da suka zo Amurka. Sun fara ƙaura daga Tekun Atlantika zuwa Curaçao a cikin Caribbean, wanda a lokacin yana cikin Antilles na Netherlands.

Bayan Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai, tare da dauloli biyu a ƙarƙashin Gidan Bourbon, Yarjejeniyar Fontainebleau (1762) ta tanadi cewa Luusiana na Faransa, sa'an nan kuma wani ɓangare na New Faransa, za a canza shi zuwa New Spain a matsayin Sifen Louisiana. Canja wurin ya kasance a hankali a hankali kuma a cikin yanayi mai sauƙi a lokacin da dangin Monsanto suka isa. A baya can, a zahiri an hana Yahudawa zama a Amurka ta Faransa daga 1685 zuwa gaba a ƙarƙashin sharuɗɗan Code Noir, kodayake ba a aiwatar da wannan ba kamar yadda yake a lokacin rikicin siyasa na tsakiyar shekarun 1700 don haka dangin Monsanto sun sami damar yin aiki. Wannan da kuma ƙarshen Yaƙin Shekaru Bakwai, wanda ke nufin samun dama ta kasuwanci da Turai, ya jawo Yahudawa zuwa New Orleans waɗanda suka shiga cinikin bayi a cikin Caribbean (watau Curacao, Jamaica da Saint-Domingue)  Ford & Stiefel 2012 kuma cinikin bayi tsakanin Amurkawa tsakanin Caribbean da yankuna da ke kan iyaka da Gulf of Mexico.

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