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18 U.S.C. § 1585 — Seizure, detention, transportation or sale of slaves
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Whoever, being a citizen or resident of the United States and a member of the crew or ship’s company of any foreign vessel engaged in the slave trade, or whoever, being of the crew or ship’s company of any vessel owned in whole or in part, or navigated for, or in behalf of, any citizen of the United States, lands from such vessel, and on any foreign shore seizes any person with intent to make that person a slave, or decoys, or forcibly brings, carries, receives, confines, detains or transports any person as a slave on board such vessel, or, on board such vessel, offers or attempts to sell any such person as a slave, or on the high seas or anywhere on tide water, transfers or delivers to any other vessel any such person with intent to make such person a slave, or lands or delivers on shore from such vessel any person with intent to sell, or having previously sold, such person as a slave, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
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Whoever, being a citizen or resident of the United States and a member of the crew or ship’s company of any foreign vessel engaged in the slave trade, or whoever, being of the crew or ship’s company of any vessel owned in whole or in part, or navigated for, or in behalf of, any citizen of the United States, lands from such vessel, and on any foreign shore seizes any person with intent to make that person a slave, or decoys, or forcibly brings, carries, receives, confines, detains or transports any person as a slave on board such vessel, or, on board such vessel, offers or attempts to sell any such person as a slave, or on the high seas or anywhere on tide water, transfers or delivers to any other vessel any such person with intent to make such person a slave, or lands or delivers on shore from such vessel any person with intent to sell, or having previously sold, such person as a slave, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
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Whoever, whether as master, factor, or owner, builds, fits out, equips, loads, or otherwise prepares or sends away any vessel, in any port or place within the United States, or causes such vessel to sail from any such port or place, for the purpose of procuring any person from any foreign kingdom or country to be transported and held, sold, or otherwise disposed of as a slave, or held to service or labor, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.
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**(a)** Whoever knowingly and willfully holds to involuntary servitude or sells into any condition of involuntary servitude, any other person for any term, or brings within the United States any person so held, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both.
**(b)** Whoever obstructs, attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties described in subsection (a).
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1584
(b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined
under this title, imprisoned for any term of
years or for life, or both if—
(1) the violation results in the death of the
victim; or
(2) the violation includes kidnaping, an at-
tempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, an
attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse,
or an attempt to kill.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 772; Pub. L.
103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994,
108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title II,
§ 218(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–573; Pub. L.
106–386, div. A, § 112(a)(1), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat.
1486; Pub. L. 110–457, title II, § 222(b)(1), Dec. 23,
2008, 122 Stat. 5067; Pub. L. 115–392, § 11(1)(A),
Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5255.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 443 (Mar. 4, 1909,
ch. 321, § 268, 35 Stat. 1141).
Reference to persons causing or procuring was omit-
ted as unnecessary in view of definition of ‘‘principal’’
in section 2 of this title.
Minor changes were made in paragraphing of section.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–392 substituted ‘‘not
more than 30 years’’ for ‘‘not more than 20 years’’ in
concluding provisions.
2008—Pub. L. 110–457 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section provided penalties for kidnap-
ping or enticement of a person with intent to sell or
hold such person as a slave.
2000—Pub. L. 106–386, in last par., substituted ‘‘20
years’’ for ‘‘10 years’’ and inserted at end ‘‘If death re-
sults from the violation of this section, or if the viola-
tion includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, ag-
gravated sexual abuse or the attempt to commit aggra-
vated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill
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