white slavery

American  

noun

1. the condition of or traffic in white slaves.

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Etymology

Origin of white slavery

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

I determined to devote my life as far as I could to the abolition of white slavery.

From Time Magazine Archive

In past cases, such as those involving laws against white slavery and gambling, the court has upheld commerce-clause regulations that had more of a moral than an economic intent.

From Time Magazine Archive

The suggested cure for white slavery, then, is economic, since judicial remedies continue to prove ineffective.

From Time Magazine Archive

Commissions to study trade, labor, white slavery, narcotics, etc., etc. would carry on in the League of Nations pattern.

From Time Magazine Archive

Do not get the idea that we mean that all of these are connected with white slavery, but some of them are and wise parents should be careful on these points.

From Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade by Bell, Ernest A. (Ernest Albert)