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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Americans tend to think of slavery in terms of chattel slavery.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
The term prevents referring to African Americans within the context of criminality the chattel slavery system assigned them.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
Classical education does not flinch from describing the horrors of chattel slavery, religious violence, or other forms of despotism that litter the historical landscape.
—Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
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.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
Visiting the site that signifies the beginning of generations of chattel slavery in the U.S., and talking about the impacts of systematic enslavement could even violate some states’ educational policies.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
White writes that the angry Black woman trope is embedded deep in the fabric of U.S. history stemming from chattel slavery.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
Smith’s description of slavery in the lecture quoted above describes the characteristics not of Roman-era slavery, but of the severe chattel slavery such as was practiced in the Caribbean and the American colonies at the time.
—Iain Murray, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
Chadd Scott, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
The term prevents referring to African Americans within the context of criminality the chattel slavery system assigned them.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
Classical education does not flinch from describing the horrors of chattel slavery, religious violence, or other forms of despotism that litter the historical landscape.
—Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
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.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
Visiting the site that signifies the beginning of generations of chattel slavery in the U.S., and talking about the impacts of systematic enslavement could even violate some states’ educational policies.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
White writes that the angry Black woman trope is embedded deep in the fabric of U.S. history stemming from chattel slavery.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
Smith’s description of slavery in the lecture quoted above describes the characteristics not of Roman-era slavery, but of the severe chattel slavery such as was practiced in the Caribbean and the American colonies at the time.
—Iain Murray, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023
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“Chattel slavery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chattel%20slavery. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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