White slavery and race/gender While women were indeed victims of trafficking in the US, the public outcry about white slavery was mostly in response to racial anxieties about interracial contact. Local prosecutors in New York were the first to convict a defendant for “white slavery” case using the Mann Act. In People v. Moore, an all-white jury convicted Bella Moore, a mixed race woman from New York, for the “compulsory prostitution” of two white women - Alice Milton and Belle Woods. Another notable court case involved Jack Johnson. Using the Mann Act, federal prosecutors convicted Johnson of transporting his white girlfriend across state lines. During the first half of the 20th century, authorities disproportionately prosecuted women who were poor and/or racial/ethnic minorities using the Mann Act. Criminal Law Amendment (White Slave Traffic) Bill An attempt was made to introduce a similar law into the UK between 1910 and 1913 as the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1912. Arthur Lee would state in the House of Commons: "the United Kingdom, and particularly England, is increasingly becoming a clearing-house and depot and dispatch centre of the white slave traffic, and the headquarters of the foreign agents engaged in the most expensive and lucrative phase of the business." South America was stated as the main destination for the trafficked girls. The Spectator commented that "the Bill has been blocked by a member [alluding to Frederick Handel Booth ] or members who, for various reasons consider that it is not a measure which ought to be placed upon the statute book" as it would affect the liberty of the individual. See also Slavery in medieval Europe Slavery in Africa Slave narrative#North African slave narratives Kapi Agha Ghilman Mamluk Turkish Abductions Guðríður Símonardóttir Jan Janszoon Ólafur Egilsson Rumelia Rumelia Eyalet Seljuk Empire 1926 Slavery Convention Slavery in antiquity White slave propaganda White-Slave Traffic Act References Further reading The 1847 edition of . Donovan, Brian. White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender, and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917. United States: University of Illinois Press, 2010. Greek slaves from the Ottoman Empire Slaves from the Ottoman Empire Slavery in Africa African slave trade History of Africa Stereotypes of white people Arabian slaves and freedmen Broad-concept articles Sexual slavery Slavery law Slavery by type Forced prostitution Human trafficking