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chattel

/ˈtʃætəl/

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What does chattel mean?

noun

  1. Tangible, movable property.
  2. A slave.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtʃætəl/

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The chattel mortgage was, of course, turned over to the New York assignees with the other property.
Joel BentonA Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. BarnumProject Gutenberg ebook #1576
He was unprepared to behold with composure a beautiful white girl of sixteen in the degraded position of a chattel slave.
William Wells BrownClotelle; Or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States; Or, The President's DaughterProject Gutenberg ebook #241
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Communism subjects the individual to arrest without lawful cause, punishment without trial, and forced labor as the chattel of the state.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
The master can sell him, bequeath him, let him out on hire as a slave, just as any other personal chattel or cattle.
Bertrand RussellProposed Roads to FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #690
This same gentleman, having heard of the fame of George’s invention, took a ride over to the factory, to see what this intelligent chattel had been about.
Harriet Beecher StoweUncle Tom's CabinProject Gutenberg ebook #203