, and he produced a paper certificate signed by Ludlam to support his claim. This printed certificate granted permission to Francis to keep Fuseng-be, alias Betsey, as a house servant for seven years. The stark internal contradiction in testimony given by Francis, however, was his admission that he had purchased Fuseng-be for his own use. It was reported in the African Herald on 18 November 1809, that when McGregor advised Francis to let Fuseng-be return to her own country, he said he 'could not do this, because he had bought the girl and paid for her'.