Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a King's Lynn, Norfolk, a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 1820, Baines ya zama mai koyon aiki ga mai zanen kocin a lokacin da yake da shekaru 16. Lokacin da yake da shekaru 22 ya bar Ingila zuwa Afirka ta Kudu a cikin "Olivia" (wanda wani aboki na iyali William Roome ya jagoranci) kuma ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a Cape Town a matsayin mai zane-zane da zane-zane, kuma a matsayin mai zane-zane na soja a lokacin da ake kira War War War War War War
don sojojin Birtaniya.