Friends of the Woman, apply’d to him for Redreſs, who immediately ſurrendered the Priſoner, and told them, he did not care if they took his Head off; but the Negroes wiſely judging it would not fetch ſo good a Price, they ſold him in his Turn again to Seignior Joſſee, a Chriſtian Black, and Native of that Place; who expected and agreed for two Years Service from him, on Conſideration of what he had disburſed, for the Redemption of the Woman: But long before the Expiration of this Time, Roberts came into Sierraleon River, where the Priſoner, (as Seignior Joſſee aſſured the Deponent,) entered a Voluntier with them.
The Deponent further corroborates this Part of the Evidence; in that he being obliged to call at Cape Mount, in his Paſſage down hither, met there with two Deſerters from Roberts’s Ship, who aſſured him of the ſame; and that the Pyrates did deſign to turn Davis away the next Opportunity, as an idle good-for-nothing Fellow.
From Glaſby and Lilburn, it was evident, that every Pyrate, while they ſtay’d at Sierraleon, went on Shore at Diſcretion. That Roberts had often aſſured Mr. Glyn and other Traders, at that Place, that he would force no Body; and in ſhort, there was no Occaſion for it; in particular, the Priſoner’s Row-Mate went away, and thinks, he might have done the ſame, if he had pleaſed.
The Priſoner alledged his having been detained againſt his Will, and ſays, that returning with Elephants Teeth for Sierraleon, the Pyrate’s Boat purſued and brought him on Board, where he was kept on Account of his underſtanding the Pilotage and Navigation of that River.
It was obvious to the Court, not only how frivolous Excuſes of Conſtraint and Force were among theſe People, at their firſt commencing Pyrates, but alſo it was plain to them, from theſetwo
