The United States White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 prohibited so-called 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. Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Whore redirects here. ... Trafficking in human beings (or human trafficking) involves the movement of people (mostly women and children) against their will by means of force for the purpose of sexual or labor exploitation. ... James Robert Mann, about 1920 James Robert Mann (October 20, 1856–November 30, 1922) was an American legislator and a representative from Illinois, 1897–1922. ...

The first person prosecuted under the act was heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, who encouraged a woman to leave a brothel and travel with him to another state. Though he later married the girl, and took her away from a brothel, he was nevertheless prosecuted and sentenced to a year in prison. Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also referred to as pugilism is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. ... John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. ... A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ...

Pioneering sociologist William I. Thomas's academic career at the University of Chicago was irreversibly damaged after he was arrested under the act when caught in the company of one Mrs Granger, the wife of an army officer with the American forces in France, although he was later acquitted in court. This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... William Isaac Thomas (b. ... The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. ...

British film actor Charles Chaplin was prosecuted in 1944 by Federal authorities for Mann Act charges related to his involvement with actress Joan Barry. Chaplin was acquitted of the charges, but the trial permanently damaged his public image in the US, and contributed to his departure for Switzerland in the early 1950's. For the Jamaican musician named Charlie Chaplin, see Charlie Chaplin (singer). ...

Canadian author Elizabeth Smart describes being arrested under the Mann Act in 1940 when crossing a state border with her lover, the British poet George Barker, in her (partly fictionalised) book By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. She memorably intertwines the callous police interrogation seeking to arrest her under this law with quotations about love from the Song of Songs. For the U.S. kidnap victim, see Elizabeth Smart kidnapping. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... See George Barker for other notable people with the same name. ... By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept is a novel of prose poetry by the Canadian author Elizabeth Smart. ... Song of Solomon is also the title of a novel by Toni Morrison. ...

In the late 1950s, Kid Cann, a notorious organized crime figure from Minneapolis, Minnesota, was prosecuted and convicted under the Mann Act after transporting a prostitute from Chicago to Minnesota. Although his conviction was later overturned on appeal, Kid Cann was later prosecuted and convicted of offering a $25,000 bribe to a juror at his trial under the Mann Act. This does not cite any references or sources. ... Isadore Blumenfeld (September 8, 1900–June 21, 1981), commonly known as Kid Cann, was the most notorious mobster in the history of Minnesota. ... Organized crime or criminal organizations are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit. ... “Minneapolis” redirects here. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Jury tampering is the crime of unduly attempting to influence the composition and/or decisions of a jury during the course of a trial. ...

Mann Act case decisions by the United States Supreme Court

• Hoke v. United States (227 U.S. 308, 322) (1913). The Court held that Congress could not regulate prostitution per se, as that was strictly the province of the states. Congress could, however, regulate interstate travel for purposes of prostitution or “immoral purposes”.
• Athanasaw v. United States (227 U.S. 326, 328) (1913). The Court decided that the law was not limited strictly to prostitution, but to “debauchery” as well.
• Caminetti v. United States (242 U.S. 470, 484-85) (1917). The Court decided that the Mann Act applied not strictly to purposes of prostitution, but to other noncommercial consensual sexual liaisons. Thus consensual extramarital sex falls within the genre of “immoral sex”.
• Gebardi v. United States (287 U.S. 112) (1932). The Court held that the statutory intent was not to punish a woman's acquiescence; therefore, consent by the woman does not expose her to liability.
• Cleveland v. United States (329 U.S. 14, 16-17) (1946). The Court decided that a person can be prosecuted under the Mann Act even when married to the woman if the marriage is polygamous. Thus polygamous marriage was determined to be an “immoral purpose”.
• Bell v. United States (349 U.S. 81, 83) (1955). The Supreme Court decided that simultaneous transportation of two women across state lines constituted only one violation of the Mann Act, not two violations.

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Notable individuals prosecuted under the Act

• Chuck Berry
• Charlie Chaplin
• Rex Ingram
• Jack Johnson
• William I. Thomas
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Charles Manson

Note: Duško Popov, a World War II spy with a "James Bond" lifestyle, was threatened with arrest under the Mann Act. Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. ... Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. ... Rex Ingram (October 20, 1895 - September 19, 1969) was an African American film and stage actor. ... John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was an American boxer and arguably the best heavyweight of his generation. ... William Isaac Thomas (b. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the worlds most prominent and influential architects. ... Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was the leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a commune, which most consider a cult, that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967. ... Tricycle was the codename of both DuÅ¡ko Popov (Душко Попов) (born 1912 in Titel, Serbia, died 1981 in Opio, France), and the spy network with which he was involved. ... Flemings image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ...

External links

• Text of the Act, from PBS