After the abolition of the slave trade in 1807 she became a West Indiaman that two French privateers captured in late 1807 or early 1808.

She had joined a convoy in Portsmouth for Boston on 18 March sailing under the protection of HMS St Albans (54 guns), and a sloop of war.

The fleet proceeded to Cork and picked up HMS Cleopatra, which was waiting with other ships from Liverpool, Bristol, and Ireland.

The commodore of the convoy, Captain Pender on St Albans, intended going the southern passage, and to drop the ships along the coast.

On the 28th, in longitude 15, in a fog, Herald lost the convoy; and on 30 March, was chased by a frigate, which brought her to, after running 15 hours to the eastward.

[6] The two ships sailed from Boston and then from Newport R.I. on 22 August 1798 onto Halifax as convoy for the brig Commerce, and while there exchanged gun salutes on paying a diplomatic visit to Fort George on Citadel Hill.

[9] On 21 January 1800, USS Augusta and Herald encountered and captured the 6-gun privateer schooner La Mutine off San Juan, Puerto Rico.

After the treaty of peace with France had been ratified on 18 February 1801, Herald returned to the West Indies on 23 March to recall the US Naval Forces under the command of Silas Talbot.

[16] In a letter dated 20 February to Josiah Parker, chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, Navy Secretary Stoddert again recommended selling her.

Burnam further reported that when Africaine spoke him she was then bearing away for Charleston having lost her mizzenmast and thrown her guns overboard in a gale of wind.

[19] Garland, a British privateer brig, William Pinder (or Pender, or Pendar), master, of Nassau and New Providence,[21] had earlier cleared from Charleston on 9 April.

Africaine had on board 358 French troops that had escaped from St. Domingo and that she had embarked at Havana to carry back to France.

[25] Enterprize assisted in removing the prisoners: 500 French troops embarked at Charleston on 10 May on board the American ship Chesapeake, Lee, for Bordeaux.

[22][21] The Court defined the U.S. territorial waters as one league (4.8 km) from the low tide of the shore, not including shoals that are always underwater.

[35] Lloyd's List of 29 January 1808 reported that two French privateers had captured Africaine, after an action of two hours, and taken her into Cuba.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.