Amaryllis Collymore

Amaryllis Collymore (c. 1745-1828) ta kasance bawa ce ta Afro-Barbadian wacce ta sami 'yancinta daga dangantakarta da wani fari. Ma'auratan suna da 'ya'ya goma sha ɗaya kuma ta sami nasarar gudanar da gonar da ta ba ta damar samun wasu kadarori da yawa, don zama mace baƙar fata mafi arziki a cikin mulkin mallaka a lokacin mutuwarta.

 Rayuwa 
An haifi Amaryllis Renn Phillips cikin bauta a shekarar 1745 [ Bayani na 1 ] a Barbados, a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Birtaniya  inda bayanai suka nuna cewa ita mulatto ce.   Robert Collymore ne ya saye ta a shekarar 1780, daga Rebecca Phillips, mai sayar da otal mai launi kyauta,   tare da 'ya'yanta mulatto guda biyar,  huɗu daga cikinsu 'ya'yan Robert ne.  A shekarar 1784, Robert ya shirya sayar da su ta hanyar sayar da ita da 'ya'yan ga wani abokinsa, James Scuffield.   Sayar da bawa ga wani amintaccen ɓangare na uku don guje wa yawan kuɗin ma'aikata abu ne da aka saba yi a lokacin Barbados. 

Robert ya sami Lightfoots, gonar sukari mai girman kadada 42 tare da bayinsa 44, don samar da ita da yara. Collymore ta fadada dukiyar zuwa sama da kadada ɗari  kuma ta sami damar siyan kadarori bakwai a duk fadin Bridgetown, a kan Canary Street, High Street da James Street, wanda ta hayar.   Ta kuma gudanar da shagon da ya yi nasara. A shekara ta 1805, Collymore ta mallaki wani dukiya, a kan titin Roebuck, wanda ta sayar da shi don £ 800. Ita da 'yarta, Katherine Anne Collymore, sun kasance masu karɓar gado daga Renn Phillips a cikin wasiƙarsa ta 1809. 

A shekara ta 1824, lokacin da Robert ya mutu, ya bar ita da 'ya'yanta goma sha ɗaya, cikakken suna ga Lightfoots da bayi da ke aiki a gonar. Daga cikin 'ya'yanta, ban da Katherine akwai Frances Lasley, Margaret Jane, da Robert (an yi musu baftisma a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu 1792),  Thomazin Ashby (an yi masa baftisma 6 ga Yuni 1795),  Elizabeth Clarke (an yi mata baftisma 13 ga Yuni 1798),  Samuel Francis Collymore, Jackson Brown Collymore [3] da Renn Phillips Collymore , wanda zai zama babban kakan Frank Collymore. Willin Collymore, wanda aka rubuta a shekara ta 1826  (ko 1829 amma wanda mai yiwuwa shine ranar da aka gwada dukiyar),  ya bar dukiyarta, wanda ya kai sama da £ 10,000 ga dangi. Ta kirkiro gida a Bridgetown da gonar da aka sani da Haggat Hall, da bayi 67, da azurfa da dukiyar mutum. A lokacin mutuwarta ita ce "mace mafi arziki mai 'yanci a cikin Barbados kafin' yanci".

 Mutuwa da gado 
Collymore ta mutu a ranar 16 ga Disamba, 1828 kuma an binne ta a farfajiyar cocin St. Mary da ke Bridgetown .   Gidan da Collymore da 'ya'yanta suka zauna a yanzu shine ginin Morningside, kuma yana dauke da Sashen Fasaha na Kwalejin Al'umma ta Barbados . 

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