456 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1749.

Lib. C. B.

the other three Negroes and thereupon this Examinant by
the express Orders and directions of Captain Davison and
against the Inclination of this Examinant (he being Appre-
hensive of the said Law or Canon) returned in the Boat
with the said Interpreter for the other three Negroes which

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the said Interpreter with his Son and this Examinant
brought on Board about four hours after Sun sett and when
they were come on Board this Examinant had some doubts
whether the said Six Negroes were the Property of the said

Interpreter who by repeated Solemn asseverations assured

Captain Davison they did belong to him, after which Cap^t
Davison Proceeded to Value each Negro and when the Price
was fixed this Examinant saw the Money paid and Goods
delivered by Captain Davison to the said Interpreter for the
Purchase And this Examinant further Saith that Observing
One of the said Negroes was better Cloathed than the Others
the Interpreter said He could sound a Trumpet Play on the
Fiddle and was a Weaver And this Examinant further saith
that the said Ship Sailed early next Morning from the said
Island. This Examinant further saith that the s^d Interpreter
during the whole time called the said Negroes his Slaves.
Charles Menzies.

The Examination of John Smalwood Carpenter of the Ship
Mary whereof Captain Davison is Master and now in
Patuxent River in the Province of Maryland taken before
the Governor & Council of the said Province this 22^d Day
of June 1749.

This Examinant being first Sworn on the holy Evangels of
Almighty God deposeth and saith That he in the said Ship
arrived on the 4^th of March in the Evening at the Island of S^t
Iago that on the sixth of March he being upon the Beach
heard Captain Davison in the Evening ask Lope the Inter-
preter if the Slaves were Come, who Answered no, but they
would soon, that he this Examinant about Eight of the Clock
went off from the Beach in the Long Boat on Board the said
Ship and went into his Cabin to Sleep, that some time after
he not being asleep heard some People Come on board, &
making a Bargain, that he heard the sound of Money upon
the Table and heard Captain Davison say he would not give
so much for an Old man as a young one that the next Morning
he saw Six Slaves on board the said Ship and that they
weighed Anchor about five of the Clock the same morning
John Smalwood.

William Ahier being also summoned, & attending was
examined as follows