Kasuwar bayi ta Natchez

Kasuwar bayi ta Natchez kasuwar bayi ce a Natchez, Mississippi a Amurka. An sayar da bayi a ko'ina cikin yankin, gami da Natchez Trace wanda ya haɗa ƙauyen da Nashville, tare da Kogin Mississippi a Natchez-Under-the-Hill, da kuma ko'ina a cikin garin. Daga 1833 zuwa 1863, kasuwar bayi ta Forks of the Road tana da nisan mil daga cikin garin Natchez a tsakiya na Liberty Road da Washington Road, wanda tun daga lokacin aka sake masa suna zuwa D'Evereux Drive a daya gefen da St. Catherine Street a ɗayan. Kasuwar ta bambanta da sauran masu sayar da bayi na yau da kullun ta hanyar ba da mutane a kan farkon zama na farko maimakon sayar da su a gwanjo, ko dai a matsayin mutum ɗaya ko a cikin kuri'a. A wani lokaci Forks of the Road ita ce kasuwar bayi ta biyu mafi girma a Amurka, bayan New Orleans kawai. An kira tarin wuraren ajiyar bayi a Forks of the Road da raini Niggerville tun daga farkon 1836 kuma tun daga ƙarshen 1860. 

## Tarihi
Kasuwar bayi ta hanyar Forks ta kasance a cikin karni na 18; sayar da bayi a kusa da Natchez, Mississippi sun kasance da farko a saukowar jirgin ruwa a cikin shekarun 1780 amma yaduwar amfani da Natchez Trace daga Nashville tun daga farkon shekarun 1790 ya sauya kasuwar cikin ƙasa zuwa Forks of the Road "wanda ke kan Trace a gefen arewa maso gabashin garin na sama".  A cikin kwanakin Yankin Mississippi akwai kasuwannin bayi a Natchez, Bruinsburg, da Selsertown.A cikin shekarun da suka biyo bayan Yaƙin 1812, kasuwannin bayi mafi aiki a Kudu sun kasance a Algiers, Louisiana, da Natchez, Mississippi. A ƙarshen matasa, an gudanar da tallace-tallace a kusa da St. Catherine's Toll Bridge a kan St. Catherine-s Creek kusa da abin da daga baya aka kira Pharsalia Race Course.

Wani matafiyi da ya ziyarci birnin a cikin 1817 ya ba da rahoton "jirage goma sha huɗu da aka ɗora da Negroes don siyarwa a can. "  William Wells Brown, wanda ya bi jigilar bayi zuwa Natchez a cikin kusan 1828 zuwa 1832 na lokacin taga, ya ba da rahoto cewa akwai ɗakin ajiya a jirgin ruwa don adana sabbin bayi na ɗan lokaci yayin da alƙawarin ke cikin ƙasa, a kan dutsen da kuma a cikin ko kusa da garin; ya kuma bayyana tsayawa don sayar da bayi a ƙauyen Rodney, wanda aka sani da Petit Gulf.

A cikin 1833, don mayar da martani ga tsoron kamuwa da Cutar kwalara ta 1833 ta haifar, 'yan kasuwa da yawa sun sanya hannu kan wasikar jama'a da suka amince da tura bayi don sayarwa a Natchez a waje da iyakokin birni. Kafin wannan, an gudanar da sayar da bayi a wurare da yawa a kusa da ƙauyen, gami da saukowar jirgin ruwa da kuma matakan gaba na Mansion House. A cewar wata jaridar Alabama, wannan matakin ya faru ne sakamakon Isaac Franklin (na Franklin da Armfield Office da Fairvue Plantation) da ya zubar da gawawwakin da dama da suka kamu da kwalara (ciki har da yarinya matashiya da jariri mai watanni takwas, wanda aka tura shi kudu daga Alexandria, Virginia) zuwa wani kwari ko bayou kusa da gari.  (Wannan kwarin na iya kasancewa wanda wani likita na cikin gida ya bayyana shekaru 10 da suka gabata yana kwatanta barkewar cutar zazzabin rawaya ta 1823 a garin: "A ƙasa da tsohuwar sansanin, kuma a cikin kwarin da ke tsakanin tuddai biyu, an ajiye duk dabbobin da suka mutu a ciki da kuma game da birnin, duk sharar gida, da kuma datti mai ɗorewa na birnin, suna yin Golgata - gado mai zafi na annoba da mutuwa a cikin shekara ta 1823,") Masu sanya hannu na wasikar kawai kashi 32 "ba da ba su ba su zama ba su ba a cikin 'yan kasuwa masu sayar da rai ba su da rai" (7, 338 US $ 738 da ke cikin shekara ta ruwaitowa a cikin shekara a cikin shekarun nan.

Wani baƙo daga New England zuwa Natchez a cikin 1834, marubucin littafin J. H. Ingraham, ya ba da rahoton cewa "ƙetare, rashin lafiya, mutuwa, da kuma fadada belin auduga sun haifar da ci gaba da buƙata ga bayi, kuma cewa Kentucky da Virginia kantin sayar da wannan buƙata. Ingrahan ya lura cewa jiragen ruwa na kogi suna sauka a tashar jiragen ruwa na Natchez da New Orleans kusan koyaushe suna kawo kaya na bayi. A cikin shekara 1834, New England ya kiyasta cewa fiye da 4,000 masu launi na Natchez masu yawa sun wuce ta hanyar 'yanci' yanka a cikin tsoffin birni, 'yanci, 'yanki masu yawa' yanka, 'yan itace masu yawa' yarinya' yanka' yanka da yawa, 'yanka' yanki masu yawa, 'yawanci kaɗan kaɗan ne a cikin tsohuwar birni' yanka masu yawa, yanka' yarinya, yanka, yanka masu yarinya' yarinya,' yanka, yawan mutanen Natchez sun kasance masu yawa, yawan jama' yanka?

William T. Martin, wanda ya kasance lauyan gundumar da ke kusa, kuma wanda ya zama lauyan cikin gida ga Franklin & Ballard, kuma har yanzu daga baya wani dan siyasa da janar na Confederate, ya gaya wa Bancroft a kusa da farkon karni: "A wasu shekaru akwai bayi dubu uku ko hudu a nan. Ina tsammanin na ga kusan 600 ko 800 a kasuwa a lokaci guda. Yawancin lokaci akwai manyan 'Yan kasuwa huɗu ko biyar a Natchez a kowane hunturu. Kowannensu yana da ɗaruruwan daruruwan da aka gina su, kuma sun sami kuri'u a ƙarshen lokacin da yawa.
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