John Flournoy
John Jacobus Flournoy(1808-1879) bu onye guchara akwukwo na uloakwukwo Maka ndi nti chiri nke do na America, ana echeta ya dika onye kwuchitere ndi nti chiri nakwa otu osiri ju maka megide nke ndi oji na United States.
Ọ bi nso Athens, Georgia n'oge ndụ ya niile. E wezụga ịbụ onye ntị chiri n'onwe ya, Flournoy nwekwara nsogbu uche mgbe ụfọdụ, a na-edekwa ya n'ụlọ ọgwụ ugboro ugboro.[1]
Flournoy tụrụ aro ka ndị ntị chiri nweta onyinye ala gọọmentị iji guzobe ógbè "ebe ụmụ amaala ya niile ga-abụ ndị ntị chiri na isi ụzọ nkwurịta okwu ga-abụ Asụsụ ndị ogbi. "A nabataghị aro Flournoys ọbụna n'etiti ndị isi ntị chiri nke ụbọchị ahụ. Ọtụtụ n'ime ha kwuru na mpaghara dị otú ahụ enweghị ike itolite n'ihi ọnụ ọgụgụ dị ala nke ụmụaka ntị chiri nke nne na nna ntị chiri mụrụ. Flournoy bụkwa ihe na-akpali akpali n'ịmepụta ụlọ akwụkwọ Georgia maka ndị ntị chiri na onye na-akwado kọleji mba maka ndị ntị dị ntị chiri.[2]
Ọ kwadokwara nchụpụ nke ndị ohu Africa America niile na United States n'ihi na ha dị ala karịa agbụrụ ọcha. E bipụtara ọtụtụ akwụkwọ ozi sitere na Flournoy gaa na onye Black abolitionist Frederick Douglass na akwụkwọ nke ikpeazụ, nke akpọrọ The North Star. . N'akwụkwọ ozi ndị a, Flournoy katọrọ ndị isi ojii nweere onwe ha maka mpako ha na ndị ọcha ndịda na ndị ugwu, na-ebo ha ebubo iguzogide atụmatụ Chineke maka agbụrụ Africa ka ha nọgide na-adị ala, ma na-adụ ha ọdụ ka ha kwaga na mpaghara Liberia.[3]
- ↑ Coulter, E. Merton. John Jacobus Flournoy: Champion of the Common Man in the Ante-Bellum South. Georgia Historical Society, 1945, pg. 6.
- ↑ Gannon (1981). Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf Americans. National Association of the Deaf. ISBN 9780913072387.
- ↑ The Frederick Douglass Papers: 1842-1852. Edited by John R. McKivigan. Yale University Press, 2009. pg. 360-365.