Everything Everywhere Daily · Thursday, August 6, 2026
Following his triumph over Jim Jeffries, Jack Johnson was targeted by the Mann Act of 1910, a law ostensibly against sex trafficking. He was convicted in 1912 for transporting a white woman across state lines, leading him to flee the country and live as a fugitive for seven years.
“They intended to use the Mann Act of 1910 to take him down.”
“Jack Johnson was tried in 1912 when the Justice Department brought charges against him for violating the Mann Act, arising from an unsuccessful relationship with a woman named Lucille Cameron, and a successful relationship with a woman named Belle Schreiber.”
“But instead of going to prison, Johnson fled to Canada and lived abroad as a fugitive for seven years.”