Following the prohibition in 1807 on British vessels participating in the trans-Atlantic slave trade Harriet became a West Indiaman.

[2] 1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1804): Captain James Clark acquired a letter of marque on 21 January 1804.

[3] 2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1804–1805): Captain Stewart Sutherland sailed from London on 3 December 1804.

[4] 3rd voyage transporting enslaved people (1806–1807): Captain James Clark acquired a letter of marque on 11 January 1806.

[6] 4th voyage transporting enslaved people (1807–1808): The Act for the abolition of the slave trade had passed Parliament in March 1807, and took effect on 1 May 1807.

[9] As Harriet was returning from Port-au-Prince in April, the French privateer Rodeur captured her and took her into Bayonne.

[a] The "English ship, of 280 tons, Coppered and Armed with 14 guns (14-pounders)," was carrying a valuable cargo of coffee and other goods.