[1] 1st enslaving voyage (1805–1806): Captain Joseph Tucker sailed from Liverpool on 18 March 1805.
[4][5] In December 1803, the South Carolina General Assembly voted to reopen the African slave trade.
Concern with the spread of yellow fever had caused the Assembly to suspend the slave trade.
The Medical Society of South Carolina relaxed quarantine measures, prioritizing reopening the slave trade over public health.
Union left Charleston on 26 January 1807 and arrived back at Liverpool on 19 March.
[4] The act for the abolition of the slave trade had passed Parliament and had received Royal Assent in March 1807.