White slavery

White slavery is a 19th century term for a form of slavery involving the sexual abuse of women held as captives and forced into prostitution.

Related Topics:
19th century - Slavery - Prostitution

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Although this form of abuse did occur in reality (and still does: see the article sexual slavery for this topic), the name "white slavery" is usually used to refer to the original use of the term in a moral panic in late 19th century and early 20th century United States, where there was a perception that this form of abuse was a danger to every young woman. In this moral panic, the selected scapegoats were Chinese immigrants, who were stereotyped and demonized as white slavers (eg: Thoroughly Modern Millie).

Related Topics:
Sexual slavery - Moral panic - 19th century - 20th century - United States - Scapegoat - Chinese - Thoroughly Modern Millie

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Such accusations have also been frequently applied against Jewish men and appear in a great deal of anti-Semitic propaganda.

Related Topics:
Jewish - Anti-Semitic

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White slavery does not refer to race, though sometimes throughout history the fear was targeted at non-whites enslaving white women.

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The term white slavery is also used in revisionist and white supremacy literature to refer to any slavery of people with light skin.

Related Topics:
Revisionist - White supremacy

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