The Slave Kidnapping Act of 1866 was an act passed in the United States that punished a person who carried away another person, without their consent, into a forced form of servitude. The

punishment Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ...

for this crime consisted of a

fine Fine may refer to: Characters * Sylvia Fine (''The Nanny''), Fran's mother on ''The Nanny'' * Officer Fine, a character in ''Tales from the Crypt'', played by Vincent Spano Legal terms * Fine (penalty), money to be paid as punishment for an offe ...

of five hundred to five thousand dollars and/or five years in

prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...

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1866 in American law Kidnapping in the United States Slave Kidnapping Act {{US-fed-statute-stub