Ku sii wad qodobkaan - Markii uu jiray 17 jir Rodgers waxaa loo magacaabay kabtanka markabka ganacsiga ee "Harmony" Kabtan Folger. Markii uu Rodgers dhammeeyay shantii sano ee tababarka 1793, Folger wuxuu aad ugu taliyay isaga inuu ahaado taliyaha markab ganacsi oo la yiraahdo "Jane" kaas oo si joogto ah loogu shaqaaleysiiyay ganacsiga Yurub oo ay leeyihiin ganacsatada caanka ah ee Baltimore Samuel iyo John Smith. Rodgers wuxuu kabtan ka ahaa markabkan intii u dhaxeysay afar ilaa shan sano, isagoo ka soo shiraacay Baltimore kuna sii jeeday dekedo kala duwan oo Yurub ah. Safarkiisii ugu horeeyay wuxuu ku aaday dekedda Cadiz ee Spain bilowgii 1793, isagoo guriga kula soo laabtay maado cusbo ah. Safarka xiga ee Rodgers wuxuu u diray Hamburg, Jarmalka, laakiin xaaladaha adag ee Badda Waqooyi awgood wuxuu ku qasbanaaday inuu ku sii nagaado England xilliga qaboobaha mana uusan gaarin meeshii uu ku socday ilaa guga sanadka soo socda. Bishii Sebtember 1795 wuxuu u ambabaxay Baltimore isagoo ka yimid Liverpool, isagoo ku soo laabtay gurigiisa ka dib safar qaatay saddex bilood. Dhacdooyin badan intii uu ka talinayey "Jane" waxaa lagu xaqiijin karaa buugaagta maraakiibta ee daboolaya muddadii u dhaxaysay Luulyo-Agoosto 1796, xilligaas oo Faransiiska iyo Ingiriisku ay wali ku jireen dagaal
Waxaad Waxay ahayd markabka "Jane" in Rodgers uu bartay farshaxanka markabka, xirfadahaas oo si fudud u yimid.