Bayanin Farko na Farko na Independence (Mai yiwuwa) Kira Charlotte Home
Mayu 20, 1775. Ranar nan ba ta nufin yawancin mutane ba. Amma ga mazaunan Charlotte, wannan babban abu ne. Wannan shine ranar da aka sanya Magana na Independence ta Mecklenburg (wanda ake kira "Meck Dec").
Akwai rikici kewaye da takardun. Wasu masana tarihi sun ƙaryata cewa har ma ya wanzu. Amma idan labarin da ya fi dacewa gaskiya ne, wannan zai zama farkon sanarwar 'yancin kai a Amurka - ya bayyana asalin ƙasar ta kimanin shekara guda.
Labarin ya ce lokacin da mazaunan Mecklenburg County suka ji labarin batutuwan Lexington da Concord a Massachusetts da suka fara juyin juya halin Amurka, sun yanke shawarar cewa suna da isasshen yawa. Duk da cewa an ambaci wannan birni a cikin ƙoƙari na kasancewa a cikin kyawawan ƙaunar Birtaniya King George III , an rubuta wani takarda cewa ya nuna cewa Birtaniya ba shi da iko a kan wannan gundumar.
An ba da wannan takardun ga Kyaftin James Jack, wanda ya hau Birnin Philadelphia a kan doki kuma ya gabatar da shi ga Majalisar. Kungiyar Arewacin Carolina a can sun gaya wa Jack cewa suna goyon bayan abin da yake yi, amma har yanzu ba shi da tsayi ga yarjejeniyar Congressional.
Har ila yau, masana tarihi za su bayar da hujjar cewa, Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence ba gaskiya ne ba game da 'yancin kai, kuma ba a wanzu ba. Sun bayar da shawarar cewa kawai wata maimaitaccen bayanin "Mecklenburg Resolves" - wani takardun da aka buga a 1775 cewa ya yi niyya ga, amma ba a zahiri ya tafi har zuwa nuna 'yancin kai.
An wallafa labarin da aka yi a Mecklenburg a cikin jarida a 1775, amma duk wani shaida akan wannan da asalin asalin ya ɓace cikin wuta a farkon shekarun 1800. An rubuta ma'anar "Meck Dec" da aka buga a cikin jarida a tsakiyar tsakiyar shekara ta 1800. Masana tarihi sun yi iƙirarin cewa sabon binciken da aka gano ne, duk da haka, an samo asali daga Ma'aikatar Independence ta United State - yanzu kimanin shekaru 50.
Wannan ya haifar da ikirarin cewa "Meck Dec" bai nuna cikakken 'yanci ba, kuma mutane kawai suna tunawa da sakewa (ba daidai ba) da Mecklenburg Resolves. Muhawarar da aka yi wa wannan tambaya ita ce: Shin Thomas Jefferson ya karbi kalma don Yarjejeniyar Independence na Amurka daga sanarwar Mecklenburg ko kuwa ita ce hanya ta gaba?
Duk da yake masana tarihi sunyi muhawara game da wannan littafi, Charlotteans sun san cewa akwai wanzuwar. Za ku sami kwanan wata a kan tutar jihar da hatimin jihar North Carolina. Na dogon lokaci, ranar 20 ga watan Mayu wani hutu ne na gwamnati a Arewacin Carolina, kuma ya yi farin ciki fiye da 4 ga Yuli. Birnin zai ci gaba da yin gyare-gyare da gyare-gyare a wannan kwanan wata, ana rufe makarantun don ranar (wani lokaci har ma a dukan mako), kuma shugabanni zai ziyarci yin magana. A tsawon shekaru, shugabannin hudu na Amurka sun yi magana a nan ranar "Meck Dec" - ciki har da Taft, Wilson, Eisenhower da Ford.
A shekara ta 1820, John Adams ya ji labarin da ake tsammani shekarun da suka gabata a cikin "Meck Dec" kuma ya fara da'awar kasancewarsa. Tun da shaida kawai aka yi hasarar, kuma mafi yawan masu shaida da dama sun mutu, babu wanda zai nemi labarin da ya saba. An wallafa jawabin Adams a jaridar Massachusetts, kuma Sanata na Arewacin Carolina ya shirya tattara bayanai masu goyon bayan, ciki har da shaidar shaida.
Shaidu da dama sun amince da cewa Mecklenburg County ya riga ya tabbatar da 'yancin kansu a ranar da aka yi tsammani (amma waɗannan shaidu ba za su yarda ba game da karamin bayanai).
Ya bayyana cewa mai yiwuwa mafi shahararrun shaidu - Captain James Jack - yana da rai a wannan lokaci. Jack ya tabbatar da cewa ya riga ya aika da takardun zuwa ga Majalissar Tarayya a wannan lokacin, kuma wannan takarda ya tabbatar da cewa 'yancin Mecklenburg County ne.