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as in slave
a person who is considered the property of another person
an amendment to end the keeping of humans as chattel
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as in possession
chattels plural
transportable items that one owns
packed up all her chattels and moved to a new state
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Recent Examples of chattel
Campbell’s freeing of two Black men appeared in a Carroll County chattel and bond book in 1864.
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Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
So human chattel became a big export for Virginia, Kimball said.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
To survive, Furiosa escapes her would-be molester by obscuring her identity and joining the ranks of the Citadel’s chattel workers.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Workers are sold between scam centers like human chattel.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
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Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
So human chattel became a big export for Virginia, Kimball said.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
To survive, Furiosa escapes her would-be molester by obscuring her identity and joining the ranks of the Citadel’s chattel workers.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Workers are sold between scam centers like human chattel.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chattel
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Instead, her cruel masters decide to punish their slave for being sick by burying her alive.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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President Andrew Johnson pardoned former Confederate leaders and restored to political power many of the old Confederate elites who proceeded to keep their former slaves poor, controlled, and powerless.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from Maryland is facing several other charges, including forgery and criminal possession of a weapon.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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An initiative that would have imposed harsher penalties for drug possession won and another that would have increased the state minimum wage failed.Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Traditionally, vehicle owners took their cars and trucks to dealerships, garages and other providers of service for such things as oil changes, tire rotation, battery replacement, and work related to recalls.Bill Koenig, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Do the wonders of the natural world draw you closer to all things green?Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Comments There was a lot of flat-out amazing stuff on Survivor 47’'s penultimate episode.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Lauren Goode: Total Nextdoor vibes or stuff about relationship drama, really messy situations.Lauren Goode, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Chattel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chattel. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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