Mr.Falconbridge, however, dared not rescue him, lest, in the defenceless state of his own town, retaliation might be made upon him.
At another time a young woman, living half a mile off, was sold, without any criminal charge, to one of the slave-ships.

She was well acquainted with the agent's wife, and had been with her only the day before.

Her cries were heard; but it was impossible to relieve her.
At another time a young lad, one of the free settlers who went from England, was caught by a neighbouring chief, as he was straggling alone from home, and sold for a slave.

The pretext was, that some one in the town of Sierra Leone had committed an offence.

Hence the first person belonging to it, who could be seized, was to be punished.