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The United States White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (ch. 395, 36 Stat. 825; codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. § 2421–2424) prohibited white slavery. It also banned the interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes.” Its primary stated intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking. The act is better known as the Mann Act, after James Robert Mann, an American lawmaker.
According to historian Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "racially skewed enforcement of the Mann Act was just one chapter in the history of Jim Crow", the system of primarily state laws in the U.S. that enforced discrimination against African Americans.[1]
Greene on State v. Mann: Who was John Mann, and who was his lawyer?
This is the third in a series of invited guest posts by Sally Greene on newly found archival evidence in the slavery case State v...
"One Mann went to mow ..."
From Wednesday 7 May comes the Patents Court for England and Wales ruling from Mr Justice Mann in Rolawn Ltd and another v Turfmech Machinery Ltd [2008] EWHC 989 (Pat) - a decision so far only unearthed by LexisNexis Butterworths' online subscription service...
Client 9 and the Mann Act
The Mann Act is used quite frequently in this district to prosecute pimps and others who "persuade, induce, entice or coerce" women to cross state lines to engage in prostitution...
Mann on Demand
Librarians often debate the prices of law books, wondering why pricing soars beyond normal trade publishing prices. The suspicion is that editorial and marketing costs are not higher than trade costs...
Mann on a Carbon Tax
Roberta F. Mann (University of Oregon School of Law) has posted The Case for the Carbon Tax: How to Overcome Politics and Find Our Green Destiny (Environmental Law Reporter, Vol...
The Fall of Mann
I just wanted to note this for future reference. A recent (and probably temporary) addition to my commentariat (hat tip: Dr...
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