Tafiya ta biyu na Kerguelen

Tafiya ta biyu ta Kerguelen wani balaguro ne na sojojin ruwa na Faransa zuwa kudancin tekun Indiya wanda jirgin ruwa mai dauke da bindigogi 64 na layin Roland, da Oiseau mai dauke da bindiga 32, da kuma Corvette Dauphine, karkashin Kyaftin Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec. Makasudin balaguron shine tabbatar da sakamakon balaguron farko na Kerguelen, maido da tsibiran Kerguelen da kuma binciken abin da ake kyautata zaton wani tsibiri ne na wata nahiyar kudanci. Balaguron, wanda aka shirya tare da ingantattun kayan aiki amma jiragen ruwa marasa dacewa fiye da na farko, ya kai ga sanin cewa nahiyar kudancin Kerguelen ta kasance tsibiri maras kyau.

Bayan dawowarsa, Kerguelen ya kasance kotu a Brest a ranar 15 ga Mayu 1775 ta majalisar yaki karkashin jagorancin Vice-Admiral Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché don jigilar bayi 200 a Roland daga Madagascar don sayar da su a yankunan Faransanci don saba wa Louis XV, wanda ya ba da umarnin ba da umarni ga jami'an sojan ruwa na Faransa kada suyi kasuwanci. A kotun soja, lauyan da ke kare shi ya rage ayyukan cinikin bayi na Kerguelen ta hanyar bayyana cewa "negroes takwas ko tara ne kawai mataimakin matukin jirgin ya saya a madadin Kerguelen". Ko da yake wasu jami’an sojan ruwa da dama, wadanda yawancinsu suna aiki a Rochefort, sun yi cinikin bayi, an same shi da laifi a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1776 kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin daurin shekaru shida a gidan yari.Martin-Allanic (1964). Juges, Esclaves et Négriers en Basse-Bretagne

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