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...

and the Clotilda. Abolitionism in the United States Act to Protect the Commerce of the United States and Punish the Crime of Piracy (1820) Blockade of Africa...

the United States to also bring slaves into the country. In 1820 the Act to protect the commerce of the United States and punish the crime of piracy (Act...

had been defined as "piracy" by an amendment to the Act to Protect the Commerce of the United States and Punish the Crime of Piracy, but Smith was not charged...

new anti-piracy statute: Act to Protect the Commerce of the United States and Punish the Crime of Piracy. Section 5 of that Act provided: [I]f any person...

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing...

signed it, and it went effect on January 1, 1808. In 1820, the Act to Protect the Commerce of the United States and Punish the Crime of Piracy was passed...

The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is a business association advocacy group. It is the largest lobbying group in the United States. The group...

forts and arsenals. Internationally, Congress has the power to define and punish piracies and offenses against the Law of Nations, to declare war and make...

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was a proposed United States congressional bill to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to combat online copyright...