white slavery

noun

1. the condition of or traffic in white slaves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white slavery¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

As soon as white slavery began to be abolished, black slavery commenced.

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The whole system was one of white slavery of the most oppressive kind.

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Then there was the recent Mann Law aimed at white-slavery but a more effective weapon for blackmailers.

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They gave trial by jury: they stopped white slavery in the Australian colonies, and thus in the end transportation.

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Thus the religionists were most active during the period when a condition approximating white slavery existed.

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