chattel

Example Sentences

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It has been 159 years since the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending chattel slavery.

From Seattle Times

In a nation built on chattel slavery and the brutal colonization of Indigenous communities, racist laws are an inescapable part of our legal tradition despite efforts at reform.

From Los Angeles Times

Dawson said such policies are part of the dehumanizing legacy of chattel slavery, where people with darker skin and kinkier hair were never allowed to work indoors.

From Los Angeles Times

Jim Downs: How did formerly enslaved people survive hours after they fled from chattel slavery?

From Scientific American

This conclusion is a function of his belief that women are de facto chattel and the property of their husbands and other men.

From Salon