Obour Tanner

**Obour Tanner**, wanda kuma aka rubuta Abour ko Arbor (c. 1750 - Yuni 21, 1835), wata baiwar Afirka ce da ta zauna a Newport, Rhode Island. Tanner ya kasance wakilin marubuci Phillis Wheatley na yau da kullun, kuma shi kaɗai ne wakilin Wheatley wanda ɗan asalin Afirka ne. Tanner ya yi aiki a matsayin wakili na Wheatley a Newport kuma ya yi mafi girma sanannun tsari na Wheatley's Poems akan batutuwa daban-daban, addini da halin kirki a cikin 1773.

## Rayuwar farko
Obour Tanner ya kasance bawa ga maƙerin azurfa kuma ɗan kasuwa James Tanner, na Newport, Rhode Island wani lokaci a farkon shekarun 1760. An kori James Tanner daga coci a Boston, kuma ya shiga Cocin Farko a Newport a 1758. A cikin wannan shekarar, Tanner ya yi talla a cikin Newport Mercury don wani gwanjo na bayi na Afirka "kawai shigo da su daga Afirka." Obour ya yi baftisma kuma ya shigar da shi a matsayin "bawan James Tanner" a cikin Ikilisiyar Ikilisiya ta Farko a cikin Yuli 1768. Ya kasance al'ada na kowa a wannan lokacin don yin baftisma yana da shekaru goma sha takwas, don haka Tanner a cikin 175 an haife shi. Marubucin tarihin Wheatley, John Shields, ya nuna cewa watakila Tanner da Wheatley sun yi tafiya ta Tsakiyar Tsakiya tare, a cikin jirgin ruwa guda a cikin 1761, Phillis.

Mawallafin Martha Bacon, a rubuce a cikin 1964, ta yi iƙirarin cewa Tanner ta sadu da Harriet Beecher Stowe a cikin shekarunta na baya kuma ta gaya wa Beecher Stowe "cewa ta yi tunanin ita da Phillis sun yi tafiya zuwa Amurka a cikin jirgin bawa guda ɗaya. Obour kuma ya yi imanin cewa ta gane Phillis lokacin da su biyu suka hadu a Newport a lokacin rani na 1770 lokacin da Mary Wheatley ta yi amfani da lokaci a matsayin mai kula da ruwa. " A cewar Michael Monescalchi, Bacon na ɗaya daga cikin malamai uku da suka yi iƙirarin cewa Wheatley ya ziyarci Newport a shekara ta 1770, kodayake babu wanda ya gabatar da wata shaida.

Masanin wallafe-wallafen Babacar M'Bye ya rubuta cewa Wheatley da Tanner sun yi amfani da "rabuwar da suka yi da ƙasarsu ta haihuwa a matsayin wani yunƙuri na samar da al'ummar mata bisa ga abota da haɗin kai." M'Bye ya kuma rubuta cewa "abotaka da haɗin kai da Wheatley da Obour Tanner suka ƙirƙira ta hanyar gogewarsu ta Tsakiyar Tsakiyar tana nuna falsafar Pan-African da aka sani da ƙwarewar al'ummar baƙar fata.

## Daga bayan rai da mutuwa
Ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1790, Obour Tanner ya auri Barra (wanda kuma ya rubuta Barry) Collins. Reverend Samuel Hopkins ne ya gudanar da bikin a cikin Cocin Farko a Newport.

A cikin 1809, bin sawun Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta 'Yanci, wadda aka kafa a Newport a cikin 1780, Obour Tanner ya taimaka wajen kafa Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Mata ta Afirka, ƙungiyar taimakon juna da aka sadaukar da ita ga ilimin karatu na mutanen Baƙar fata.

A 1863, matar William Henry Beecher ta ba da wasiƙun Obour Tanner ga Massachusetts Historical Society. A cikin wata wasika mai rakiya, Misis Beecher ta bayyana Tanner a shekarunta na baya; "A lokacin ta kasance 'yar karama, tsohuwa, maras lafiya, bakar fata, da tsananin kaduwa na farar ulun da ke saman kanta ... Ta mutu cikin warin tsarki ... mace ce mai tsoron Allah, mai hankali, kuma mai hankali, mai mutuntawa da ziyartan kowane mutum a Newport wanda zai iya godiya da kyakkyawan aiki ".

Obour Tanner ya mutu a Newport a ranar 21 ga Yuni, 1835.

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