Kwiminyaka emininzi, abantu emhlabeni jikelele banomdla iziqu zabantu. Ukusuka kwiimyuziyam zonyango ukuya kwimiboniso esecaleni kwisekisi, ezi mbonakalo zomntu zingafane zifumaneke kuyo yonke indawo ukuze zisenze sizibuze. Abanye baba badlali bemidlalo yecala bazalwa benemeko uninzi lwethu oluyiqhelileyo, njengamawele ahlangeneyo. Kodwa abanye abadlali babeneemeko ezinqabileyo nezisenokubangela umdla nanamhlanje. U-Ella Harper, 'Intombazana yeKamela,' wayenemeko yempilo enqabileyo eyabangela ukuba amadolo akhe agobe ngasemva. Ngenxa yobume obungaqhelekanga bomzimba wakhe, ukuhamba kuzo zonke-ezine kwabonakala kukhululekile ngakumbi ku-Ella Harper.
Ubomi bukaElla Harper - Intombazana yeKamela
U-Ella Harper wazalwa ngoJanuwari 5, 1870, eHendersonville, eTennessee. Igama likatata wakhe yayinguWilliam Harper kwaye umama wakhe yayinguMinerva Ann Childress. Ebudeni belo xesha, uWilliam wafumana ukuqondwa njengomfama kunye nomnyusi wemfuyo obekekileyo eSumner County. Okubuhlungu kukuba, wabhubha ngomlilo ngo-Agasti 26, 1890. Kwiminyaka kamva kwavela ukuba u-Ella wayenomntakwabo ogama linguEverett Harper owasweleka ngoAprili 4th waloo nyaka - kwiinyanga nje ezintathu emva kokuzalwa kwabo.
UWilliam noMinerva babengabazali abaneqhayiya babantwana abahlanu: uSallie, uWillie, uEverett, uElla noJessie. Ngelishwa, bafumana intlungu yokulahlekelwa ngu-Everett ngo-1870 kunye noWillie ngo-1895. Usapho lwabo lwaluhlala eSumner County, eTennessee. Okubangela umdla kukuba, ayaziwa ngokubanzi kukuba u-Ella wayenegama eliphakathi - igama lakhe elipheleleyo ngu-Ella Evans Harper.
U-Ella wazalwa enesiphene esinqabileyo nesingaqhelekanga semeko yamadolo abuya umva, ekhokelela kwimilenze yakhe ukuba igobe enye indlela. Uhlobo lwesifo esingaqhelekanga sinqabile kakhulu kwaye asaziwa, nangona kunjalo, uninzi lweentlobo zonyango zangoku ziyakuyibeka kwimeko yakhe kunye nefom eqhubele phambili Isizalo sokuzalwa kwakhona -ekwabizwa ngokuba yi "back knee deformity." Amadolo akhe aguqe ngokungaqhelekanga kunye nokukhetha ukuhamba kuzo zonke ezine kwamenza igama lesidlaliso elidumileyo 'Intombazana yeKamela.'
U-Ella Harper kunye nomphathi wakhe kwi-sideshow yesekisi
Kubonakala ngathi waqala umsebenzi wakhe kumboniso wesekisi ngo-Oktobha ka-1884, edlala ikakhulu e-St. Louis naseNew Orleans. Nangona kunjalo, akuzange kube ngunyaka wakhe wokugqibela wokudlala apho waqala ukuhamba nemiboniso.
Ngo-1886, u-Ella wayeyinkwenkwezi eyaziwayo ye-WH Harris's Nickel Plate Circus, ehlala ebonakala ehamba nenkamela xa eyiswa kubaphulaphuli kwaye wayeyinto ebalulekileyo kumaphephandaba edolophu nganye eyayihanjelwa yisekisi. Loo maphephandaba athi u-Ella aka “Esona singummangaliso sendalo ukusukela ekudalweni kwehlabathi” kwaye yena “Ugxa wakhe akazange abekho.”
Uninzi lweentengiso zamaphephandaba zazibhekisa kuye njengobanguye "Inxalenye yenkamela". Kamva ngoMeyi ka-1886, amanye amaphephandaba amkhankanya ukuba ngumkhohlisi kwaye "Wayengeyonto intle nje kunebhinqa eliselula elinobuso obumnandi eliguqe ngamadolo ngasemva kunokuba liye phambili." Mhlawumbi, ngenxa yesi sizathu, uElla uwushiya umsebenzi wakhe esekisini ngasekupheleni kwe-1886.
Umva wekhadi lika-Ella lika-1886 lekhadi - elisetyenziselwa ukunikezela abathengi kwicala - lithozame kakhulu kulwazi lwalo:
Ndibizwa ngokuba ndiyinkazana yenkamela kuba amadolo am abuya umva. Ndingahamba ngeenyawo nangeenyawo njengoko undibona emfanekisweni. Ndihambe kakhulu kwishishini lokubonisa kule minyaka mine idlulileyo kwaye ngoku, oku kungu-1886 kwaye ndizimisele ukuyeka ishishini lokubonisa ndiye esikolweni ndize ndilungele omnye umsebenzi.
Kuyabonakala ukuba uElla uye wadlulela kwamanye amashishini, kwaye umvuzo wakhe we-200 ngeveki, othelekiswa ne- $ 5000 ngeveki namhlanje, kunokwenzeka ukuba wamvulela iingcango ezininzi. Kuyatshiwo ukuba, emva kokuyeka lo mboniso, uElla wagoduka, ngokucacileyo esiya esikolweni kwaye abe nobomi babucala ngakumbi. Ukulandela i-1886, akukho lwazi lumbi lufumanekayo ngobomi buka-Ella kangangeminyaka ethile. Kubonakala ngathi wanyamalala nje kwimbali.
Ubomi bukaElla Harper emva koko
NgoJuni 28, 1905, uElla Harper wazimanya ngeqhina lomtshato noRobert L. Savely eSumner County. Ekuqaleni umfundisi-ntsapho wesikolo, u-Savely kamva waba ngumgcini-zincwadi wenkampani ejongene nezixhobo zeefoto.
UElla wazala umntwana oyintombazana ngoAprili 27, 1906, waza wambiza ngokuba nguMabel Evans Savely. Igama eliphakathi lika-Ella kunye nentombi yakhe uMabel lalifana. Ngokuphawulekayo, bobabini umama nentombi babe negama elifanayo eliphakathi. Okubuhlungu kukuba, ubomi bukaMabel banqunyulwa bufutshane ngeenyanga nje ezintandathu ubudala xa wasweleka ngo-Oktobha 1, 1906.
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1900, uElla nomyeni wakhe bafudukela eDavidson County (Nashville) – esecaleni kweSumner County. UElla, umyeni wakhe, nomama wakhe babehlala kunye eNashville e-1012 Joseph Avenue.
Kamva ngo-1918, uElla noRobert bamkela umntwana oyintombazana ogama linguJewel Savely, nangona kunjalo, naye wasweleka kwiinyanga ezintathu kamva.
Emva kokubona amahla-ndinyuka amaninzi kubomi bakhe bonke, uElla wasweleka ngoDisemba 19, 1921, ngo-8:15 ekuseni kwindawo awayehlala kuyo ngenxa yomhlaza wamathumbu. Umyeni wakhe wayengumsasazi kwisatifikethi kwaye sibonisa ukuba ungcwatywe kumangcwaba aseSpring Hill eNashville.
Ingcwaba likaElla Harper kumangcwaba aseSpring Hill
Amangcwaba eSpring Hill abekwe eGallatin Pike ngqo ngaphesheya kweNashville National Cemetery. I-Spring Hill yindawo yamangcwaba amakhulu ebekade ejikeleze ngohlobo olunye okanye olunye ukusukela kwiminyaka yoo-1800 kodwa ebenekhaya lokungcwaba kuphela ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1990. Ingcwaba lika-Ella likho kwiCandelo B lendawo yamandulo yamangcwaba ngaphakathi kweHarper Family Plot. Unina ka-Ella, uMinerva wasweleka ngo-1924.
Apha ngezantsi kukho ividiyo ye-YouTube yenenekazi eliselula eFrance okwangoku elinemeko efanayo neka-Ella kwaye iya kukunika umbono ocacileyo wokuba ubomi be-Ella buya kuba njani.
Ulwazi oluthathwe: Ukufumana uElla nguRay Mullins, Wikipedia kwaye UBoldsky
