Chapter 64: Explosion!
As Wyndotte stepped forward, anticipation in his eyes, others weighed the cost—the potential loss of merit opportunities in the next three months. But the native slave viewed the situation differently.
The white indentured servants from the Old Continent were destined for the colonies of various countries on the Bantaan Islands. The natives of the Bantaan Islands, however, were meant for the slave markets of the Old Continent countries.
Selling them in different locations was a strategy to make escape more difficult by removing slaves from their familiar environments. This strategy proved effective, leaving the native slaves on the ship reliant on Captain Byron.
They were more eager than anyone else to seize every opportunity to change their fate! Byron looked deeply at the young man, who held great prestige among the native slaves, and consulted the 'Navigation Log' for each crew member's specialties.