[5] Roberts was among six sailors accused of being British deserters, but Captain Moon asserted him "a native born of the United States [with] every sufficient document, together with free papers.

"[3][6][7] After sinking seventeen ships and declaring a facetious paper blockade of the British Isles, the Chasseur returned, passing Fort McHenry on 8 April 1815, with Roberts and the other crew welcomed as war heroes.

"[4] In civilian life Roberts worked as a sawyer and laborer, living in numerous locations, many in Fell's Point.

[8] At his death on 14 January 1861 he was remembered in the Baltimore Sun: For a number of years past an aged colored man, named George Roberts, has been allowed to parade with the military of the city on all occasions of importance, and was generally mounted as a servant to the major-general of the division.

Old George was among those who took up arms in defense of the city of Baltimore in 1814, and throughout his long life was always highly thought of by the citizen soldiery.