Contraband

The word contraband, reported in English since 1529, from Medieval French contrebande "a smuggling," denotes any item which, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed or sold.

Used for goods that by their nature, e.g. too dangerous or offensive in the eyes of the legislator (those are termed contraband in se) are forbidden, and for so-called derivative contraband, i.e. goods that may normally be owned but are liable to be seized because they were used in committing an unlawful act and hence begot illegally, such as:

  • Smuggling goods
  • stolen goods – knowingly participating in their trade is an offense in itself, called fencing
  • the fruits of fraud, forgery etc.

    • Law of armed conflict

    In international law, contraband means goods which are ultimately destined for territory under the control of the enemy and which may be susceptible for use in armed conflict. Traditionally, contraband is classified into two categories, absolute contraband and conditional contraband. The former category includes arms, munitions, and various materials, such as chemicals and certain types of machinery that may be used directly to wage war or be converted into instruments of war.

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    Contraband (American Civil War)

    Contraband was a term commonly used in the United States military during the American Civil War to describe a new status for certain escaped slaves or those who affiliated with Union forces. The Army (and the United States Congress) determined that the US would not return escaped slaves who went to Union lines and classified them as contraband. They used many as laborers to support Union efforts and soon began to pay them wages. The former slaves set up camps near Union forces, and the Army helped support and educate both adults and children among the refugees. Thousands of men from these camps enlisted in the United States Colored Troops when recruitment started in 1863. At war's end, more than 100 contraband camps existed in the South, including the Freedmen's Colony of Roanoke Island, where 3500 former slaves worked to develop a self-sufficient community.

    History

    The status of southern-owned slaves after Confederate states had engaged in the American Civil War became an issue early in 1861, not long after hostilities began. At Fort Monroe in Virginia's Hampton Roads, Major General Benjamin Butler, commander, learned that three slaves had made their way across Hampton Roads harbor from Confederate-occupied Norfolk County, and presented themselves at Union-held Fort Monroe. General Butler refused to return the escaped slaves to slaveholders who supported the Confederacy. This amounted to classifying them as "contraband," although the first use of that terminology in military records appears to have been by another officer. (see below).

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    Contraband (coal mine)

    Contraband in coal mines means items which not allowed to be taken underground in a coal mine because if there is firedamp about they may start a fire or explosion. This includes: matches, tobacco and other smoking materials, anything that may cause sparks, anything with electric comnponents except what has been safety-approved. They have to be declared before going down and left there, and collected after coming out of the mine.

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    Your head on my shoulder
    Seems like a crime
    Why are we so drawn to each other
    When we know it's not right?
    We should know better
    But our love is blind
    For we can't let go
    And it hurts me so
    To know deep inside
    We're bad for each other
    It's sad but it's true
    We're bad for each other
    So why's it have to feel so good
    Lying next to you?
    You know how to hurt me
    I know where you're weak
    We take advantage, ah
    When we let our anger speak
    You start a fire
    In this heart of mine
    And all of my good sense
    It disappears again
    When I look in your eyes
    We're bad for each other
    It's sad but it's true
    We're bad for each other
    So why's it have to feel so good?
    So many times I wish I could
    Break these chains
    But the feeling inside me
    Just gets in the way
    We're bad for each other
    It's sad but it's true
    And all of my good sense
    Disappears again
    When I look in your eyes
    We're bad for each other
    It's sad but it's true
    We're bad for each other
    So why's it have to feel so good?
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