white slavery
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of white slavery
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The idea of white slavery sounds as remote as the atria of ancient Rome or the tents of Saladin, but it is an appalling fact of life in today's East Village.
From Time Magazine Archive
The suggested cure for white slavery, then, is economic, since judicial remedies continue to prove ineffective.
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
Traffic in Souls, a 1913 five-reeler about white slavery, was New York-born Harry Cohn's first picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
It also refers to the white slavery, which was not abolished until the year 1789.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
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