chattel

Example Sentences

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The chair is a symbol, said Mr. Hayden, “of the American Dream’, and a level of personal choice that actively looks past the chattels” so prominent in Ward’s original.

From New York Times

They also broadened conversations of slavery, including mention of chattel slavery.

From Washington Post

“It wasn’t really a town. The name was adopted because the first residents had all been freed from chattel slavery and they wanted to be known as a town of Free People.”

From Washington Post

Unlike American chattel slavery, bondage did not pass from parent to child.

From Washington Post

But the task force will not propose a cash restitution amount for individuals, opting instead to leave it to lawmakers to figure out how much descendants of U.S. chattel slavery are owed.

From Seattle Times