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The Warning (play)
''The Warning'' is a melodrama written by "Henry Bosnell" (or Basnell) on the subject of white slavery and promoted as a remedy to an urgent social evil. It opened at the Little Theatre, Sydney on 22 November 1913 and ran for six weeks to good houses. History Wilton Welch's production of Henry Bosnell's play ''The Warning'' was advertised as *Alarming in its Vivid Truths *It is a Sermon in a Play *Urges the necessity of immediate action The author By whichever spelling, Bosnell or Basnell, is a pseudonym: Jill Nelmes and Jule Selbo, in their book ''Women Screenwriters: An International Guide'' attribute authorship of ''The Warning'' to Louise Carbasse, later known as Louise Lovely, with her husband Wilton Welch. Jeannette Delamoir in ''White Slavery, Popular Culture and Modernity in Australia in 1913'' concurs, crediting Carbasse and Welch, citing copyright registration documents. See External links (below). Delamoir notes the coincidental appearance at Joe Weber (vaudevillian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Slavery
White slavery (also white slave trade or white slave trafficking) refers to the slavery of Europeans, whether by non-Europeans (such as West Asians and North Africa, North Africans), or by other Europeans (for example naval galley slaves or the Vikings' thralls). Slaves of European origin were present in ancient Rome and the Ottoman Empire. Many different types of white people were enslaved. On the European continent under feudalism, there were various forms of status applying to people (such as serfdom, serf, bordar, villein, Vagrancy (people)#United Kingdom, vagabond and Serfdom#Slaves, slave) who were indentured servitude, indentured or forced to labor without pay. Under History of slavery under Muslim rule, Muslim rule, the Arab slave trades that included Caucasian race, Caucasian captives were often fueled by raids into European territories or were taken as children in the form of a Devshirme, blood tax from the families of citizens of Ottoman territories in Europe, conqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
