At the beginning of the 18th century, about a quarter of all galley slaves were salt smugglers, the others being common criminals, army deserters, or Protestants persecuted after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
فكانوا يوسَمون بعلامة ،‏ او يرسَلون الى سفن العبيد ،‏ او يُحكَم عليهم ايضا بالموت .‏