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white slavery  

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  • White slavery is the trafficking in women and girls by use of force, deception, or abuse of authority for purposes of engaging in sexual activity, including deviant sex, for the gratification of paying customers. The term white slavery probably originated at a 1902 conference in Paris, France, on the subject of trafficking in persons. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; White Slavery]

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