Belinda Royall

Belinda Sutton (wɔwoo no afe 1713 wɔ Anee Ebibirmu), a wɔsan nyim no dɛ Belinda Royall, yɛ nkan no basia a wɔwoo no wɔ Ghana a ɔkɔr nkoasom mu wɔ Royall ebusua mu wɔ Isaac Royall fie wɔ Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Isaac Royall ketsewa gyaa no seraha, ber a otui kɔr Nova Scotia wɔ America ahyɛse nsesa no mu.

Afe 1783 Kwakwar bosoom mu no, Sutton dze kɔtoo Massachusetts amansan kɔɔto enyim dɛ ɔregye n'ahomgye sika wɔ hɔn a wɔnye no kɔr nkoasom mu. Adzebisa no ekyir no, afe ahomgye sika a ɔyɛ pounds du-enum na shillings du-ebien na wɔdze maa no. Dɛm ahomgye yi yɛ asɛm odzi kan a wodzii maa nkoasom na nkoa batadzi ho.

Adzebisa a etwa mu wɔ Commonwealth of Massachusetts kyerɛ dɛ ahyɛse akatua ebien ekyir no, ahomgye akatua no mmba bio. Ɔtoaa n'ebisadze no do kɛpem dɛ onyaa n'katua odzi ewiei wɔ afe 1793.

N'afe 1980 awensɛm "Belinda's Petition," mu no, Rita Dove ma ne ndze do faa basia bi a ɔkɔr nkoasom mu ber odzii mfe du-ebien: "Lately your Countrymen have severed / the Binds of Tyranny," ɔkaa kakra kaa ho dɛ, "mowɔ enyidado dɛ ɔwo/bɔdwen dɛmara ama me."