Captain Archibald Galbraith sailed from Liverpool on 2 August 1796, bound for West Africa to engage in the triangular trade in enslaved people.

[1][2] In 1796, 103 vessels sailed from English ports, bound for Africa to acquire and transport enslaved people; 94 of these vessels sailed from Liverpool.

[6] Earlier, Galbraith had been captain of the slave ships Brothers, which the French had captured, and Chaser, which was condemned in West Africa on her first voyage before she could embark any enslaved people.

After Union he went on to be captain of Goodrich on the third of her seven voyages as a slave ship.

The Liverpool merchant John Dawson was the or an owner of Brothers, Chaser, and Union.