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n. Sexual slavery, particularly the involuntary prostitution of women of European ancestry.
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White slavery, white slave trade, and white slave traffic historically refer to the enslavement of Europeans by non-Europeans, as part of the Arab, Barbary and Ottoman slave trades, as well as by Europeans, such as the Vikings slaves. The term can also mean sexual slavery, including forced prostitution and human trafficking.
The term appears in captivity narratives, stories of people captured by enemies whom they generally consider uncivilized, including:
- Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade, a 1978 Italian sexploitation film
- White Slave (film), a 1985 Italian horror film
- White Slaves (film), a 1937 German film directed by Karl Anton
- La esclava blanca (The White Slave), a Colombian telenovela
- White Slave Ship, a 1962 film
- White Slave Traffic (film), a 1926 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer
- Spartan (film), a 2004 American film by David Mamet
The term also appears in legal acts directed against the practice:
- International Agreement for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic
- White-Slave Traffic Act, also called Mann Act, a 1910 United States federal law
White slavery historically refers to enslavement of Europeans. It may also refer to:
Film and television:
- White Slave (film), a 1985 Italian horror film
- White Slaves (film), a 1937 German film directed by Karl Anton
- La esclava blanca (The White Slave), a Colombian telenovela
- White Slave Ship, a 1962 film
- White Slave Traffic (film), a 1926 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer
- Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade, a 1978 Italian sexploitation film
Other uses:
- White Slave, autobiography of chef Marco Pierre White
- The White Slave, a play by Bartley Campbell
- White slave propaganda, the use of light-skinned African American slave children in abolitionist propaganda in the antebellum United States
- White slavery, a term used in the early 1900s to refer to sex trafficking of white women
- White-Slave Traffic Act, also called Mann Act, a 1910 United States federal law
Usage examples of "white slavery".
It had run the gamut of bad taste, from speculation about Nefret's parentage to prurient hints of harems and white slavery.
However, when it became clear that no definite link between gum chewing and white slavery could be established, the furor died down.
You got me educated so you could get a good price selling me into white slavery!
It also refers to the white slavery, which was not abolished until the year 1789.
Tales of white slavery might be lurid and sensational, but there must be some truth in them or they would not persist.
She thus found herself reduced to the lowest status imaginable to her: so-called white slavery.
If we are to do our job efficiently we cannot concern ourselves with white slavery, stolen gold or illegal transportation of known criminals.