Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy
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title:
Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy
text:
An Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy is an 1819 United States federal statute against piracy, amended in 1820 to declare participating in the slave trade or robbing a ship to be piracy as well. The last execution for piracy in the United States was of slave trader Nathaniel Gordon in 1862 in New York, under the amended act.
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encyclopedia
description:
United States law to protect commerce on high seas
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_to_protect_the_commerce_of_the_United_States_and_punish_the_crime_of_piracy
date created:
2007-09-25T22:08:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T03:41:57Z
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