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Mann Act
(redirected from White-Slave Traffic Act)

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Mann Act: see Mann, James Robert Mann, James Robert, 1856–1922, American legislator, b. McLean co., Ill. A Chicago lawyer, he held many local offices before serving (1897–1922) as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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rushed the United States White-Slave Traffic Act (now known as the Mann Act) through Congress.
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Specifically, I analyze the intertwined histories of two federal statutory provisions that created explicit legal categories of illicit sex: the "immoral purpose" provisions of the Immigration Act of 1907 and the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 (also known as the Mann Act).
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