Alice na Dunk's Ferry

Alice na Dunk's Ferry (ya mutu a shekara ta 1802) ya kasance bawa ne na Afirka, mai karɓar haraji, kuma mai shekaru ɗari  wanda ya kasance "ɗaya daga cikin masana tarihi na baki na farko na Black America". 

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Alice a matsayin bawa a Philadelphia ga iyayen bayi, an kawo su zuwa mulkin mallaka na Arewacin Amurka daga Barbados. Ta yi iƙirarin ranar haihuwar kusan shekara ta 1686, wanda zai sanya ta 116 a lokacin mutuwarta. Ta zauna a Philadelphia har zuwa shekara goma lokacin da aka kai ta Dunk's Ferry a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, kimanin kilomita 17 zuwa Kogin Delaware, inda ta kasance har tsawon rayuwarta. Shekaru 40, ta tattara haraji don haye kogi,  tana aiki ga wani maigidan mai suna Samuel Carpenter, aboki na William Penn.

 Tarihin baki 
Alice ta zama sananniya da "Alice of Dunk's Ferry", ta sami suna a matsayin mai rai da kuma mai ban sha'awa wanda ke jin daɗin raba abubuwan da ta tuna tunaninta na farkon shekarunta. Bayan ta ga Philadelphia ta bunkasa daga "ƙauyen kogi na farko zuwa babban birnin sabuwar al'umma", ta zama sanannen masanin tarihin yankin. Jessie Carney Smith ya rubuta cewa:

 Shekaru na ƙarshe da mutuwa 
A lokacin da ake zaton shekaru 96-100, Alice a hankali ta rasa idanunta amma, ko da yake makaho, ta kasance mai ƙwarewa wajen kama kifi:  "ba za ta iya zama mara aiki ba".  A kusan shekaru 102, idanunta sun dawo, sun inganta sosai don ta iya fahimtar abubuwa masu motsi, kodayake ba ta iya rarrabe tsakanin mutane ba. Thomas ya ba da rahoton cewa "kafin ta mutu gashin kanta ya zama fari sosai kuma hakoran ta na ƙarshe ya sauka daga kanta yana da shekaru 116". Ta mutu, a cikin 1802, a Bristol, Pennsylvania . 

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