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

The “illegal traffic in drugs” is not to be hinted at in any future film, nor is “white slavery.”

From The Guardian

The white slavery narrative has long been a staple of the far right, but it became specifically Irish after the 2000 publication of “To Hell or Barbados: The Ethnic Cleansing of Ireland,” a book by the late journalist Sean O’Callaghan, which Mr. Hogan and others have said was shoddily researched.

From New York Times

Its staging at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport reinforces that sense of nostalgia, as it blithely features a time when the “modern” goal of a smart gal was to marry for money instead of love, and when “white slavery” was something to joke about.

From New York Times

His pique was set off by the school’s last-minute efforts to sanitize a production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” which features Asian stereotypes and a subplot involving a white slavery ring in China.

From New York Times

Like the current rhetoric around anti-trafficking, “white slavery” engaged both feminist and Christian activists.

From Slate