A new owner in 1802 sailed Hector as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people.

[3] Captain Thomas Harvey acquired a letter of marque on 30 January 1795.

[2] 1st voyage transporting enslaved people (1802–1803): Captain Joseph Williams sailed from Liverpool on 3 June 1802.

[5] 2nd voyage transporting enslaved people (1803–loss): War with France had resumed shortly before Hector had returned to Liverpool from her first voyage transporting enslaved people.

Before Captain Williams sailed again he acquired a letter of marque on 23 May 1803.

[b] In 1804, 30 British ships in the triangular trade in enslaved were lost.