chattel slavery
noun
: slavery in which a person is owned as a chattel (see chattel sense 2)
chattel slave
noun
plural chattel slaves
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People hook in, in particular, to this idea that Disney’s going to include some element about American chattel slavery.
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Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 4 July 2025
During American chattel slavery, Black fatherhood was deliberately disrupted.
—Conial Caldwell Jr, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
The resolution calls for the federal government to allocate trillions of dollars in reparations to Black Americans to atone for chattel slavery, Jim Crow and the ongoing effects of other federally sanctioned discriminatory policies.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 15 May 2025
In a general sense, many of us knew how instrumental cotton was to the business of chattel slavery.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
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Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 4 July 2025
During American chattel slavery, Black fatherhood was deliberately disrupted.
—Conial Caldwell Jr, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
The resolution calls for the federal government to allocate trillions of dollars in reparations to Black Americans to atone for chattel slavery, Jim Crow and the ongoing effects of other federally sanctioned discriminatory policies.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 15 May 2025
In a general sense, many of us knew how instrumental cotton was to the business of chattel slavery.
—Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025
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“Chattel slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chattel%20slavery. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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