The main witnesses of said event were; Billy a member of the crew on Samuel’s ship, Samuel L. Johnson the captain of the ship, an African slave Yaffee,and Queen Elizabeth herself. Queen Elizabeth had many slaves she originally sent John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake to capture. Without John’s knowledge Drake stole the African slaves and held them captive in his ship. He was a pirate and Samuel L. Johnson’s best mate. A fellow crew member Billy informs us that the crew was threatened with their lives to keep this confidential. Yaffee was one of the slaves brought onto the ship. It is understood that he did this for money and followed out his initial intention and sold the illegal slaves to colonists.Billy states that he being on the ship was
