chattel
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The leaders of the Free Soil Party, which ultimately formed part of the Republican Party, opposed the allocation of land conquered from Mexico to giant plantations worked by chattel slaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
He stresses that the entire architecture of chattel enslavement was curated by Western slave-owning powers, who simply utilised local actors to help carry out their plans.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
But again, these chapters codify the Black American experience as one defined by pain and primarily linked to chattel slavery.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2025
There were many freemen in South Carolina who’d relocated for the so-called opportunities, but they’d served their time as chattel.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Vocabulary lists containing chattel
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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