Rachael Pringle Polgreen

Rachael Pringle Polgreen (an haife ta Rachael Lauder ;  - 1791) ta kasance mai otal a Barbadian kuma mai kula da karuwai. An haife ta cikin bauta, an sayi 'yancinta, kuma ta zama mamallakin Royal Naval Hotel, wani gidan karuwai da ke kula da sojoji masu yawo a tsibirin Barbados .

Tana ɗaya daga cikin mata na farko da suka fara gudanar da kasuwanci a yankin. Ta shahara sosai, an ba da labarinta kuma an sake ba da shi a tarihin Bajan, tare da tsara labarin ta hanyar zamani daban-daban. A wasu lokutan, ana amfani da tarihin rayuwarta a matsayin labarin gargaɗi, yayin da a wasu lokutan, ana amfani da shi don kwatanta ƙarfafawa. Masana kimiyya na baya-bayan nan sun mayar da hankali kan bayanan tarihi don ƙoƙarin samar da cikakken hoto game da rayuwar mata 'yan Afirka da Afirka a lokacin tattalin arzikin bayi.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Polgreen Rachael Lauder a shekara ta  a Bridge Town, Barbados ga wata baiwa da William Lauder, malamin makaranta ɗan ƙasar Scotland .   JW Orderson ya rubuta wani littafi mai suna Creoleana a shekara ta 1855, wanda ya yi cikakken bayani game da rayuwarta.   Orderson, wanda ya gaji jaridar, Barbados Mercury, daga mahaifinsa John Orderson, zai kasance matashi a lokacin rayuwar Polgreen; yana yiwuwa daga shaidar tallace-tallace da Polgreen ya sanya a cikin takardarsa cewa su biyun sun san juna. 

Banda bayanan tarihi, zane-zane, da kuma sake fasalin rayuwarta da aka yi da kuma sake fasalin jima'i na Orderson da nufin yin furuci na ɗabi'a game da ɓata suna, ba a san komai daga hangen nesanta na rayuwarta ba.  A cikin labarin Orderson, Kyaftin Thomas Pringle na Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Royal Navy ne ya saye ta domin ya cece ta daga hannun mahaifinta mai cin zarafin mata.   Pringle da Lauder sun zama masoya kuma bayan ya saye ta, ya lalata ta ya sanya ta a wani gida a Bridgetown. 

 Sana'a 
Bayan ya zaunar da Lauder a gidan, Pringle ya bar tsibirin, ya koma aikinsa na soja. Lauder ya ɗauki sunansa daga baya ya ɗauki sunan Polgreen,  duk da cewa ba a san ko hakan ya faru ne saboda wata dangantaka ba. Ta mayar da gidan da Pringle ta saya mata zuwa otal, wanda kuma ya kasance gidan karuwai, yana ba da ayyukan jima'i ga sojoji masu yawo da ke tafiya ta Bridgetown. 

Bayan wani lamari da Yarima William Henry ya ziyarci otal ɗinta, ya lalata shi a cikin maye, sannan ya jefa Polgreen daga kan kujera a kan titi, Orderson ta ce ta aika wa yarima (wanda daga baya Sarki William na IV) babban kuɗin diyya. Ta sanya wa gidan sarautar Royal Naval Hotel suna, tana mai ambaton yarima da rundunar sojojin ruwa a matsayin manyan abokan cinikinta.  Ko labarin taron tatsuniya ne ko a'a ba a san ko labarin ya faru ba ne; duk da haka, wani talla a cikin Barbados Gazette a 1789 ya ba da lada daga Polgreen don dawo da kayayyaki da yawa.  Kwanakin bugawa sun yi daidai da ziyarar yarima a tsibirin kuma yana iya nuna cewa akwai wasu gaskiya game da bayanin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin littafin. 

Bayanan tarihi daga cikin mintunan Majalisar Privy na 1791 sun nuna hoton Polgreen a matsayin mai zafin rai da cin zarafin mutanen da ta bauta.  Dokar Bautar Barbados ta ba wa bayi damar hukunta mutanen da suka bauta da mummunan tashin hankali,  kuma gudanar da karuwanci ba shi da ce-ce-ku-ce.  Marisa J. Fuentes, wata ƙwararriya da ke nazarin matan da aka bautar a Caribbean,  ta tantance yadda mata da aka bautar a da suka dogara ga tattalin arzikin bayi kuma ta haka suka ci gaba da tsarin cin zarafin wasu.  Misali, a shekarar 1780, Polgreen ta sayar da wata mace mai suna Joanna ga wani soja, Joseph Haycock, wanda ya yi mata fyade. Ba tare da ta iya biyan bukatunta a matsayin 'yanci ba, shekaru uku bayan haka, Joanna ta ba da kanta ga Polgreen na tsawon shekaru goma sha biyu don musanya da tufafi, abinci, da abin sha.  Haka kuma, duk da cewa Polgreen ta sami damar tara dukiya da kuma samun matsayi na tattalin arziki kamar sauran 'yan kasuwa fararen fata, ta sami damar yin hakan ne kawai a wani aiki da ba za a ɗauke ta a matsayin abin girmamawa ga takwarorinta fararen fata ba. 

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