Editing Joshua Slocum (section)

===The ''Aquidneck''===
The Slocum family continued on their next ship, the 326-ton ''Aquidneck''. In 1884, Slocum's wife Virginia became ill aboard the ''Aquidneck'' in [[Buenos Aires]] and died. After sailing to Massachusetts, Slocum left his three youngest children, Benjamin Aymar, Jessie, and Garfield in the care of his sisters; his oldest son Victor continued as his first mate.<ref>Berthold p. xix</ref>

In 1886, at age 42, Slocum married his 24-year-old cousin, Henrietta "Hettie" Elliott. The Slocum family, with the exception of Jessie and Benjamin Aymar, again took to the sea aboard the ''Aquidneck'', bound for [[Montevideo]], Uruguay. Slocum's second wife would find life at sea much less appealing than his first. A few days into Henrietta's first voyage, the ''Aquidneck'' sailed through a hurricane. By the end of this first year, the crew had contracted [[cholera]], and they were quarantined for six months.<ref name=BertholdXX>Berthold p. xx</ref> Later, Slocum was forced to defend his ship from pirates, one of whom he shot and killed; following which he was tried and acquitted of murder. Next, the ''Aquidneck'' was infected with [[smallpox]], leading to the death of three of the crew. Disinfecting of the ship was performed at considerable cost. Shortly afterward, near the end of 1887, the ''Aquidneck'' was wrecked in southern Brazil.<ref name=BertholdXX/><ref name=VoyageLiberdade/>