From this and the foregoing Account the Reader may observe, that now all the Countries near the Sea side, which the King of _Dahomè_ could possibly get at, are not only conquered, but also turned into Desolation, with the Inland Parts, in so terrible a manner, that there is no Prospect of Trade’s reviving there again for many Years, or at least so long as the Conqueror lives. What little there is, is carried on chiefly at _Appah_, a place secured from him by a Morass and a River. _The End of_ BOOK I. BOOK II. _The manner how the Negroes become Slaves. The Numbers of them yearly exported from_ Guinea _to_ America. _The Lawfulness of that Trade. Mutinies among them on board the Ships where the Author has been_, &c. Before I give a particular Relation of the several _Mutinies_ among the Negroe Slaves, whereof I have been a Witness, and which is to be the chief Subject of this present Book, it will be very proper to prefix a short account of the _Manner_ how the _Negroes_ become Slaves; what _Numbers_ of them are yearly exported from _Guinea_; and then offer a few words in Justification of that Trade. [Sidenote: The manner how the Negroes become Slaves.] As for the _Manner_ how those People become Slaves; it may be reduced under these several Heads. 1. It has been the Custom among the _Negroes_, time out of Mind, and is so to this day, for them to make Slaves of all the Captives they take in War. Now, before they had an Opportunity of selling them to the white People, they were often obliged to kill great Multitudes, when they had taken more than they could well employ in their own Plantations, for fear they should rebel, and endanger their Masters Safety. _2dly._ Most Crimes amongst them are punished by Mulcts and Fines; and if the Offender has not wherewithal to pay his Fine, he is sold for a Slave: This is the Practice of the inland People, as well as of those on the Sea side. _3dly._ Debtors who refuse to pay their Debts, or are insolvent, are likewise liable to be made Slaves; but their Friends may redeem them; And if they are not able or willing to do it, then they are generally sold for the Benefit of their Creditors. But few of these come into the hands of the _Europeans_, being kept by their Countrymen for their own use. _4thly._ I have been told, That it is common for some inland People, to sell their Children for Slaves, tho’ they are under no Necessity for so doing; which I am inclined to believe. But I never observed, that the People near the Sea Coast practise this, unless compelled thereto by extreme Want and Famine, as the People of _Whidaw_ have lately been. [Sidenote: Number of Negroes exported.]