The court then ordered her sold at auction and Enos Collins and other investors purchased her in October 1811. They renamed her Liverpool Packet, although she sometimes bore the nickname The Black Joke, a name of several infamous slave ships. At first her owners used the small and fast schooner as a packet ship carrying mail and passengers between Halifax and Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
The court's ruling led to her sale at auction, and Enos Collins and other investors acquired her in October 1811. They rechristened her Liverpool Packet, although she sometimes went by the nickname The Black Joke, a name also linked to several infamous slave ships. Initially, her owners utilized the small and fast schooner to transport mail and passengers between Halifax and Liverpool, Nova Scotia.