18 USC 1586: Service on vessels in slave trade
Text contains those laws in effect on August 23, 2024
From Title 18-CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDUREPART I-CRIMESCHAPTER 77-PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
§1586. Service on vessels in slave trade
Whoever, being a citizen or resident of the United States, voluntarily serves on board of any vessel employed or made use of in the transportation of slaves from any foreign country or place to another, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645,
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §427 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, §252,
Mandatory-punishment provisions were rephrased in the alternative.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994-