1. Jessie says this because of how his life changed after he got on the ship.
2. Maybe so if they are attacked, they have weapons to fight back?
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.
8. Jessie would be 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. I don't know if his fears are justified.
