White slavery
For other uses, see White slavery (disambiguation).
White slavery, white slave trade, and white slave traffic historically refer to the enslavement of Europeans by non-Europeans, as part of the Arab, Barbary and Ottoman slave trades, as well as by Europeans, such as the Vikings slaves. The term can also mean sexual slavery, including forced prostitution and human trafficking.
The term appears in captivity narratives, stories of people captured by enemies whom they generally consider uncivilized, including:
- Emanuelle and the White Slave Trade, a 1978 Italian sexploitation film
- White Slave (film), a 1985 Italian horror film
- White Slaves (film), a 1937 German film directed by Karl Anton
- La esclava blanca (The White Slave), a Colombian telenovela
- White Slave Ship, a 1962 film
- White Slave Traffic (film), a 1926 German silent film directed by Jaap Speyer
- Spartan (film), a 2004 American film by David Mamet
The term also appears in legal acts directed against the practice:
- International Agreement for the suppression of the White Slave Traffic
- White-Slave Traffic Act, also called Mann Act, a 1910 United States federal law
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