1. Jessie says this because his friend was Purvis and the person who befriended him was Ben Stout.

2. If they are attacked or the slaves decided to strike, the crew would at least have something to defend themsleves.

3. The slaves have to dance to keep their bodies fit for profiting,

4. The slaves seem to become 'oofered' in the voyage because of a disease on the ship.

5. HE hated the way they did things.

6. He had disobeyed an order.

7. Captain Cawthorne 'oofered' Spark because Spark 'oofered' a slave using a gun. Whipping was allowed, but killing the slaves wasn't.

8. Jessie would feel agitated when he danced the slaves.

9. He suspects that Ben Stout stole it and put it with the slaves.

10. Jessie fears Stout because of his calmness, his way of not showing his emotions, the way he didn't care when he tortured the slaves. I don't know if his fears are justified.