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翻訳と辞書　辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ] スポンサード リンク Matilda Newport ： ウィキペディア英語版 Matilda Newport Matilda Newport ( 1795–1837) was an Americo-Liberian colonist and folk hero. She is known for her actions in 1822 when she is alleged to have defended the settlement Cape Mesurado with a cannon she lit from her pipe. She is a controversial figure in light of the tensions between Americo-Liberians and native Liberians. The historical accuracy of the account has been challenged. A national holiday in her honour, Matilda Newport Day, was celebrated annually on 1 December from 1916 until its abolishment in 1980. ==Biography== Matilda was born in the United States circa 1795 (possibly Georgia).〔Some sources give Georgia as her place of birth, while ''Roll of Emigrants to Liberia, 1820-1843'' lists her "US origin" and that of her husband as Pennsylvania.〕 She married Thomas Spencer, becoming Matilda Spencer. At the age of 25 she sailed to Liberia with her husband on the ship ''Elizabeth''. They arrived on 30 September 1820 and settled in Cape Mesurado. Newport is principally known for her actions on 1 December 1822 defending the colonial settlement Cape Mesurado during the Battle of Fort Hill. An American Colonization Society representative had acquired the land through gunboat diplomacy, displacing the indigenous Dei people. During one of two attacks on the settlement by the Dei, Bassa, and Gola, Newport noticed that the cannoneers were either dead or wounded. She used a hot coal from her pipe to light the fuse of a cannon. The resulting explosion deterred the advance of the African warriors and changed the course of the battle. Newport's husband died, probably in one of the conflicts.〔 Sometime after 1822, she married again to Ralph Newport. He died in a canoeing accident in 1836.〔 Matilda Newport died of pleurisy in Monrovia in 1837.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matilda Newport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.