46:. After embarking on a few voyages to Africa, King bought African Queen and obtained a marquee to engage in profiteering against French interests when war was renewed between France and England. King expanded his interest in trade with Africa, after his marriage to Sarah Poole, the daughter of Samuel Poole, he engaged the services of Richard Buckle as captain of his shipping venture and reduced his sailing activities. His ships stocked goods from East India including, Calicoes, linen, cloth, gunpowder, beef, wine and sugar.
42:. But when it went sailing, the ship came under fire from French ships unlike what it had anticipated and the captain quickly pulled back to Teast's dock in Bristol for repairs. The next journey, the ship took hold of a French and two Spanish ships. Thereafter, King formed a relationship with Teast, and when Teast was looking for a crew to carry iron rods, rum, and clothes to skim the coast of West Africa in exchange for palm oil, King became involved in the proposed venture. In 1788, he was captain of the ship
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