 Baldridge's settlement had become a popular haven among pirates of the Mediterranean with Baldridge supplying pirates in exchange for high fees.Baldridge's trading supplies came from New York merchant Frederick Philipse, who chartered a number of ships under captains John Churcher, Thomas Mostyn, and others; Baldridge sent slaves back in return.Among his customers was Thomas Tew, who visited once in 1693, and whose ship the "Amity" visited again in 1695 after Tew had been killed attacking the Moorish ship "Gunsway" with Henry Every.