A new account of Guinea, and the slave-tradeSnelgrave, William
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A new account of Guinea, and the slave-trade
Snelgrave, William
Guinea -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Slave trade -- Africa, West -- Early works to 1800
Thus fell Captain _Davis_, who (allowing for the Course of Life he
had been unhappily engaged in) was a most generous humane Person.
And thus _Roberts_ arose, who proved the reverse of him, and did
afterwards a great deal of mischief in the _West Indies_, and on
the Coast of _Guinea_; till he and his Crew were happily suppress’d
by Sir _Chaloner Ogle_, in the _Swallow_ Man of War, and in the
Engagement, _Roberts_, and several of his People were killed. But
as there is _An Account of the Pirates_ published, in which the
principal Actions of _Roberts_ are related, I shall say nothing
more of him here; but go on to relate what is not mentioned in the
aforesaid Book.
As soon as it was commonly known, that the Pirates were sailed from
_Sierraleon_, Captain _Bennet_ and _Thompson_, with several others
that had been obliged to keep in the Woods, as I have formerly
related, came to Captain _Glynn_’s House. There we all consulted
about preparing the _Bristol Snow_, which the Pirates had spared at
my Intreaty, so as to make it fit for us to return to _England_ in.
There was with us one Captain _David Creichton_, in the _Elizabeth_
of _London_, laden with dying Wood; whom the Pirates had taken not
long before me. Him they plundered, and would have destroyed, but by
the Interest of Mr. _James Griffin_, who had been chief Mate with
the Captain’s Brother, the Ship was spared. In this Ship Captain
_Creichton_ took as many People as he possibly could, in order to
spare our Provisions, and sailed a few days after the Pirates left
the River _Sierraleon_, for _London_: We that were left behind,
sent notice by him to our Owners of the great Misfortunes that had
befallen us.
Then applying our selves to fit the _Bristol-Snow_, whom a worthy
Person, one Captain _John Morris_, commanded, we found we should
be in very great want of Provisions, considering how many poor
People desired to go home with us. Upon that Captain _Glynn_ sent
a small Sloop belonging to him, to fetch Provisions from the River
_Sherberow_, where the destroying Pirates had not been. From thence
she returned in a few days, with a good quantity; and one Captain
_Nisbet_ having found under his Ship’s Ballast in the Hold, several
Casks of Beef; which had not come to the knowledge of the Pirates
(otherwise it would no doubt have been destroyed, as most part of his
Cargoe was) he was so kind as to spare me as much of this Beef as he
possibly could; and I drew a Bill on my Owner for the value of it.
Moreover, we found in the _French_ Ship that had been taken, and
afterwards run on Shore by the Pirates, a large quantity of good
Biscuit, so that now we were sufficiently provided in all respects.
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