chattel

The tour comes as Britain faces pressure to confront uglier parts of its history, namely its central role in chattel slavery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Ms. Southon has worked equally hard to find surviving traces that offer us glimpses into what it was like to be living chattel under Roman rule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"The forensic accountants had done their work and came out with this deep connection to African chattel enslavement. Once something is brought to the light, you can't push it back into the darkness."

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

It is further insulting to gestational carriers, genetic donors, and intended parents to suggest that the mutual creation of a child is somehow akin to the bondage of chattel slavery.

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

They had only the afternoon to learn the ways of chattel.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

That find was the common-law tort of trespass to chattels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

For the first two decades, the firm specialised in managing probate house clearances, cessation of business asset disposals and private chattels.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Among the chattels were two desks, one his, one hers, extras from a summer house they let go.

From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2019

As Union troops advanced and slavery crumbled, planters usually asked their former chattels to remain at work, promising them wages at harvest time.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018

The three surviving fiery fingers had not been sold yet, but they were chattels of the Lord of Light and could count on being bought back by some red temple.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin