Dutsen Sihiyona Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta Afirka da Kabari na Dutsen Sihuyona

Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church da Mount Zion Cemetery wani coci ne na tarihi da kuma makabartar da ke 172 Garwin Road a Woolwich Township, New Jersey, Amurka. Cocin ya kasance tsayawa a kan Greenwich Line na Underground Railroad ta Kudu Jersey wanda Harriet Tubman ke sarrafawa na tsawon shekaru 10. Cocin ya ba da kayan aiki da mafaka ga Bayin da suka tsere a kan hanyarsu zuwa Kanada daga Kudu. Cocin da makabarta sun kasance wani ɓangare na farkon karni na 19 wanda Quakers da aka sani da Small Gloucester suka tallafawa.

An kafa cocin a cikin 1799 a matsayin Methodist Society kuma ya zama wani ɓangare na Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta Methodist ta Afirka a cikin 1813. An gina tsarin yanzu a 1834, an sake gyara shi a 1887 kuma an faɗaɗa shi a 1959. Kabarin yana da kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na girman acre kuma yana kusa da yammacin cocin. Ya ƙunshi fiye da kaburbura 200, wasu daga cikinsu sun samo asali ne daga 1861. Cocin da makabarta suna cikin New Jersey Register of Historic Places kuma an kara su cikin National Register of Historical Places a shekara ta 2001.

## Coci
A cikin karni na 17, mazauna Sweden, Dutch da Ingila sun kawo bayi zuwa Kudancin Jersey don yin aikin hannu da ake buƙata don kafa yankunansu. Yawancin mazauna Ingila da suka kafa mulkin mallaka na West Jersey sun kasance Quaker kuma sun fara muhawara game da halin mallakar mutane. A cikin 1738, Quakers na New Jersey da Pennsylvania sun haɗu kuma sun gabatar da yarjejeniya ga Society of Friends wanda ya ba da shawarar dakatar da amfani da 'yan Afirka a matsayin bayi. Yayinda Quakers suka kasance masu goyon bayan ilimin addini na bayi, 'yan Afirka kaɗan ne suka ɗauki Quakerism. Koyaya, yawancin Methodists sun yi bishara a Kudancin Jersey ga bayi kuma sun tuba da yawa daga cikinsu. Yawancin masu wa'azi na Afirka, ciki har da Richard Allen, sun yi tafiya a ko'ina cikin mulkin mallaka na West Jersey, gami da kewayen garin Woolwich, kuma suna da babban tasiri wajen kafa Methodism tsakanin 'yan Afirka da ke zaune a can.

Bayan Yaƙin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka, Quakers da sauran masu adawa da bautar sun kafa kananan ƙauyuka a kan dukiyarsu don 'yanci bayi da' yan Afirka na Afirka su rayu. Cocin da makabarta sun kasance wani ɓangare na farkon karni na 19 na baƙar fata kyauta wanda aka sani da Small Gloucester wanda Quakers na gida suka goyi bayan ciki har da Iyalin Van Leer. An kafa cocin a cikin 1799 a matsayin Methodist Society kuma ya zama memba na Ikilisiyar Episcopal ta Methodist ta Afirka a cikin 1813. [1] An sayi ƙasar cocin a cikin 1833 kuma an gina cocin bene ɗaya a cikin 1834.[2] An sake gyara shi a 1887 kuma an faɗaɗa shi a 1959. Canje-canjen da aka yi a 1959 sun haɗa da ƙara zauren jama'a, kicin, ɗakin karatun fastoci da ɗakunan wanka. Ƙarin ya ba ginin siffar L. An kara da vinyl siding da ƙananan canje-canje na kayan kwalliya a cikin shekarun 1990. [1]￼

Cocin ya kasance wani ɓangare na Hanyar jirgin kasa ta karkashin kasa ta hanyar South Jersey da aka sani da Greenwich Line . Layin ya fara ne a Springtown, New Jersey ta hanyar Small Gloucester da arewa zuwa Mount Holly, Burlington da Jersey City. Harriet Tubman ta taimaka wajen gudanar da Greenwich Line sama da shekaru 10. Cocin ya samar da kayayyaki da mafaka ga bayi ta amfani da hanyar jirgin kasa ta karkashin kasa don guduwa zuwa Kanada. An yi amfani da ƙofar tarko ta sirri mai ƙafa uku da huɗu a cikin farfajiyar cocin  don samun damar shiga wani wuri don ɓoye bayi masu gudu. 

Cocin da makabarta suna kan New Jersey Register of Historic Places  kuma an kara su a cikin National Register of Historical Places a shekara ta 2001.  Ikilisiyar har yanzu tana aiki kuma tana gudanar da ayyukan ibada a ranakun Lahadi.

## Kabari

Kabarin yana da kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu na girman acre kuma yana kusa da yammacin cocin. Makircin ya ƙunshi kaburbura sama da ɗari biyu, mafi yawansu ba su da alama. Tsohon kabarin yana da kwanan wata 1861, duk da haka an yi imanin cewa binnewar ta koma shekarun 1830. Sojojin baƙar fata goma sha uku daga Yaƙin basasar Amurka an binne su a cikin makabartar. An rufe makabarta don sababbin kaburbura, sun lalace, da yawa daga cikin duwatsu sun nutse cikin ƙasa kuma mãkirci ya cika da itatuwa. Yawancin bishiyoyi da suka cika an yanke su kuma a halin yanzu ofishin gwajin gundumar Gloucester ne ke kula da makabarta.

## Dubi kuma

* Jerin wuraren da ke karkashin kasa
* Jerin wuraren tarihi na kasa a cikin gundumar Gloucester, New Jersey

## Manazarta