Career
He had an exciting career, which he was involved in describing, as the "admiral of Hayti" working for Henri Christophe in the struggle for independence. Goodall was born in Bristol in 1767. He was bound to be a lawyer but he ran away to sea at the age of thirteen to the caribbean.
He was on board HMS Triton at the Battle of the Saintes in 1782.
Goodall was a British merchant captain. He had an exciting career which he was involved in describing as the "admiral of Hayti".
The circumstances of this case was published with Goodall as prime author