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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.
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.
White slavery does not refer to race.
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