U-Ella Harper - indaba ekhohliwe ye-'Camel Girl '

U-Ella Harper, 'Intombazane Yekamela,' wayenenkinga yezempilo eyivelakancane eyabangela ukuba amadolo akhe agobe emuva.

Sekungamakhulu eminyaka abantu emhlabeni wonke bethakazelwa iziqubulo zomuntu. Kusukela eminyuziyamu yezokwelapha kuya emibukisweni eseceleni yesekisi, lokhu kubukeka kwabantu okungajwayelekile kwakungatholakala yonke indawo ukuze kusenze sizibuze. Abanye balaba baculi bomdlalo oseceleni bazalwa benezimo iningi lethu esizaziyo njengamawele ahlangene. Kodwa abanye abadlali babenezimo ezaziyivelakancane futhi ezazingase zivuse ilukuluku namuhla. U-Ella Harper, 'Intombazane Yekamela,' wayenenkinga yezempilo eyivelakancane eyabangela ukuba amadolo akhe agobe emuva. Ngenxa yesakhiwo esingavamile somzimba wakhe, ukuhamba ngezinyawo ezine kwabonakala kukhululekile ku-Ella Harper.

Impilo ka-Ella Harper - Intombazane Yekamela

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U-Ella Harper, Intombazane Yekamela.

U-Ella Harper wazalwa ngoJanuwari 5, 1870, eHendersonville, eTennessee. Igama likayise kwakunguWilliam Harper kanti umama wakhe kwakunguMinerva Ann Childress. Ngaleso sikhathi, uWilliam wathola ukuqashelwa njengomlimi kanye nomkhulisi wemfuyo ohlonishwayo eSumner County. Ngokudabukisayo, wabhubha ngomlilo ngo-August 26, 1890. Ngemva kweminyaka kwavela ukuthi u-Ella wayenewele u-Everett Harper owashona ngo-April 4 wangonyaka ofanayo - ezinyangeni ezintathu nje ngemva kokuzalwa kwabo.

UWilliam noMinerva babengabazali abaziqhenyayo bezingane ezinhlanu: Sallie, Willie, Everett, Ella, noJessie. Ngeshwa, bathola usizi lokulahlekelwa u-Everett ngo-1870 kanye noWillie ngo-1895. Umndeni wabo wawuhlala eSumner County, eTennessee. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi, akwaziwa kabanzi ukuthi u-Ella wayenegama eliphakathi - igama lakhe eligcwele kungu-Ella Evans Harper.

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Ubaba ka-Ella uWilliam Harper nomama uMinerva Ann Childress.

U-Ella wazalwa enokukhubazeka okungajwayelekile futhi okungavamile kwesimo samadolo abuyela emuva, okuholele ekutheni imilenze yakhe igobeke ngenye indlela. Uhlobo lwalesi sifo esingajwayelekile luqabukela ngokwedlulele futhi alwaziwa kangako, kodwa-ke, izinhlobo eziningi zezokwelapha zesimanje zingahlukanisa isimo sakhe kanye nesimo esisezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu Isizalo Sokubeletha Esizelwe - eyaziwa nangokuthi "ukukhubazeka kwamadolo angemuva." Amadolo akhe aguqe ngendlela engavamile kanye nokukhetha kwakhe ukuhamba ngezinyawo ezine kwamtholela isiteketiso esidumile esithi 'Intombazane Yekhamera.'

U-Ella Harper nomthwali wakhe embukisweni oseceleni wesekisi

Kubonakala sengathi waqala umsebenzi wakhe embukisweni oseceleni wesekisi ngo-Okthoba ka-1884, edlala kakhulu e-St. Louis naseNew Orleans. Nokho, kwaze kwaba unyaka wakhe wokugcina wokucula lapho eqala khona ukuhamba nezinhlelo.

Ngo-1886, u-Ella wayeyisihlabani esidumile se-WH Harris sikaNickel Plate Circus, owayevame ukubonakala ephelezelwa yikamela lapho ethulwa izethameli futhi wayeyisici emaphephandabeni awo wonke amadolobha esekisini elivakashelwe. Labo maphephandaba bathi u-Ella wathi “Isimanga semvelo selokhu kwasungulwa umhlaba” nokuthi yena “Uzakwabo akazange abekhona.”

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Isekisi ye-WH Harris's Nickel Plate.

Eziningi zezikhangiso zamaphephandaba zazimbiza ngokuthi unguye “Ingxenye yekamela”. Kamuva ngoMeyi ka-1886, amanye amaphephandaba amtshela ukuthi ungumkhohlisi nokuthi "Wayengumuntu wesifazane obukeka emuhle futhi amadolo akhe abuyela emuva kunokuba abheke phambili." Mhlawumbe, ngenxa yalesi sizathu, u-Ella ushiya umsebenzi wakhe esekisini ngasekupheleni kuka-1886.

Ingemuva kwekhadi lika-Ella lika-1886 lekhadi - elisetshenziselwa ukunika amakhasimende eceleni - linesizotha kakhulu kulwazi lwalo:

Ngibizwa ngentombazane yekamela ngoba amadolo ami abuyela emuva. Ngikwazi ukuhamba kahle kakhulu ezandleni nasezinyaweni zami njengoba ungibona esithombeni. Ngihambe kakhulu ebhizinisini lombukiso eminyakeni emine eyedlule futhi manje, lokhu kungu-1886 futhi ngihlose ukuyeka ibhizinisi lokukhombisa ngiye esikoleni ngizilungiselele omunye umsebenzi.

Kubukeka sengathi u-Ella wadlulela kwamanye amabhizinisi, futhi umholo wakhe wamaRandi angama-200 ngeviki, okulingana nama- $ 5000 ngeviki namuhla, kungenzeka wamvulela iminyango eminingi. Kuthiwa, ngemuva kokuyeka lo mdlalo, u-Ella uya ekhaya, okusobala ukuthi uya esikoleni futhi abe nempilo yangasese. Ngemuva kuka-1886, alukho olunye ulwazi olutholakalayo ngempilo ka-Ella iminyaka ethile impela. Kubonakala sengathi uvele wanyamalala emlandweni.

Impilo ka-Ella Harper kamuva

NgoJuni 28, 1905, u-Ella Harper wabopha ifindo likasofa silahlane noRobert L. Savely eSumner County. Ekuqaleni uthisha wesikole, u-Savely kamuva waba umgcini wamabhuku wenkampani esebenza ngokukhethekile ekuhlinzekeni izithombe.

U-Ella wazala ingane yentombazane ngo-April 27, 1906, wayiqamba ngokuthi uMabel Evans Savely. Igama eliphakathi lika-Ella nendodakazi yakhe uMabel lalifana. Ngokuphawulekayo, bobabili umama nendodakazi babenegama elifanayo eliphakathi. Ngokudabukisayo, ukuphila kukaMabel omncane kwafinyezwa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuphela lapho eshona ngo-Okthoba 1, 1906.

Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1900, u-Ella nomyeni wakhe bathuthela e-Davidson County (Nashville) - eseduze neSumner County. U-Ella, umyeni wakhe, nomama wakhe babehlala ndawonye eNashville ku-1012 Joseph Avenue.

Kamuva ngo-1918, u-Ella noRobert bamukela ingane yentombazane okuthiwa u-Jewel Savely, nokho, naye washona ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva.

Ngemva kokubona izikhathi eziningi ezinhle nezimbi ekuphileni kwakhe konke, u-Ella washona ngo-December 19, 1921, ngo-8:15 ekuseni lapho ayehlala khona ngenxa yomdlavuza kapopopo. Umyeni wakhe ubeyimpimpi yesitifiketi futhi sikhombisa ukuthi wangcwatshwa emathuneni aseSpring Hill eNashville.

Ithuna lika-Ella Harper emathuneni ase-Spring Hill

ISpring Hill Cemetery itholakala eGallatin Pike ngqo ngaphesheya kwamathuna iNashville National Cemetery. ISpring Hill amathuna amakhulu abelokhu ekhona ngandlela thile kusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1800 kodwa abenomngcwabo kuphela kusukela ngawo-1990. Ithuna lika-Ella lisendaweni ka-B esigabeni esidala somlando wamathuna aseHarper Family Plot. Unina ka-Ella, uMinerva wadlula emhlabeni ngo-1924.


Ngezansi kuvidiyo ye-YouTube yentokazi yaseFrance njengamanje enesimo esifana nesika-Ella futhi izokunikeza umbono ocacile wokuthi impilo ka-Ella ngabe injani.


Imininingwane ethathwe ku: Ukuthola u-Ella nguRay Mullins, Wikipedia futhi UBoldsky