Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "John Smith (explorer)" in English language version.
Smith had been a mercenary, a pirate, a slave […] Smith was taken to a slave market
the enslaved Smith was presented by his master as a gift to his fiancée, Charatza Tragbigzanda […] in an attempt to convert Smith to Islam, she sent him to work for her brother, Tymor Bashaw, who ran an agricultural station in present-day Russia, near Rostov […] often beating him. During one such beating, Smith overpowered Tymore, killing him and fleeing his enslavement […] travels across the remainder of Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Spain, and Morocco before finally returning to England in 1604
Smith had been a mercenary, a pirate, a slave […] Smith was taken to a slave market