Belinda Royall

Belinda Sutton (wɔwoo no afe 1713 wɔ Afrika Atɔeɛ fam), a wɔsan frɛ no Belinda Royall, yɛ ɔbaa bi a wɔwoo no wɔ Ghana a Royall abusua no de no yɛɛ akoa wɔ Isaac Royall Fie a ɛwɔ Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Isaac Royall Kumaa, gyaw no hɔ bere a oguan kɔɔ Nova Scotia wɔ Amerika Ɔman Anidan no mfiase no.

Wɔ February 1783 mu no, Sutton de adesrɛ kɔmaa Massachusetts Asɛnnibea Kunini no sɛ wɔsrɛɛ pɛnhyen sika mfi sika a wonya fi n’akoa no agyapade mu no mu. Esiane saa adesrɛ yi nti, wɔde afe afe pɛnhyen sika a ɛyɛ nkaribo dunum ne shilling dumien maa no. Wɔaka saa pɛnhyen sika yi ho asɛm sɛ ɛyɛ nsɛm a edi kan a wɔde tuaa nkoasom ne nkoatɔn ho ka no mu biako.

Adesrɛ ahorow a edi hɔ a wɔde kɔmaa Commonwealth of Massachusetts no kyerɛ sɛ bere a wotua sika mprenu a edi kan akyi no, na pɛnhyen sika a wotuae no mmae. Ɔkɔɔ so de adesrɛ kɔtoo sɛ wɔmfa sika a wɔde tua akyi no kosii sɛ wɔde too gua nea etwa to wɔ 1793.

Wɔ n'anwensɛm "Belinda Adesrɛ" a ɔkyerɛwee wɔ afe 1980 mu no mu no, Rita Dove de nne ma ɔbea bi a odii kan yɛɛ no akoa bere a na wadi mfe 12: "Nnansa yi ara mo Man mufo atwa / Atirimɔdensɛm Nkyekyere no," ɔka, na ɔde ka ho tiawa sɛ, "Mewɔ anidaso sɛ wo / wubesusuw ho Saa ara na me nso." Dove, Rita. “Belinda’s Petition” (1980). Reprinted on the website of the Royall House and Slave Quarters. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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