She made three voyages as a Bristol-based slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people.

[4] Lovely Lass had left Bristol 48 crew members and engaged six more she arrived at Jamaica.

[4] Lovely Lass sailed from Jamaica on 25 June and arrived back at Bristol on 25 August.

[5] The voyage took place under the provisions of Dolben's Act, the first British measure to regulate the enslaving trade.

In 1788–1789, James Jones, Lovely Lass's owner, had nine enslaving vessels at sea or on the coast of Africa.

[7] 3rd enslaving voyage (1792–1794): Captain John Wade Robinson sailed from Bristol on 3 January 1792, bound for West Africa.

Yet another report has Lively Lass taking on 416 captives at Apollonia and losing five on her voyage from Africa to Jamaica.

[9] Lively Lass left Bristol with 39 crew members and she engaged 14 more on the African coast; she had 26 when she arrived at Kingston.

[8] 4th enslaving voyage (1797–loss): Captain William Lace sailed from Liverpool on 21 December 1797, bound for West Africa.

[14] In 1798, 160 vessels sailed from British ports on enslaving voyages,[15][16] giving a loss rate for that year of about 16%.

[17] It is highly possible that the French had captured Lovely Lass, or that her crew was rescued.