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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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2
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
Before meeting Rael-Gálvez, Daria Celeste Landress had learned while researching her family history that three Indigenous ancestors had been listed in historical documents as chattel, alongside furniture, houses, and trees.
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Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
Patriarchal cultures reduce women to economic dependence, treating them as a form of chattel to be traded among families.
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Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations.
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Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Aug. 2025
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Geraldo Cadava,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
Patriarchal cultures reduce women to economic dependence, treating them as a form of chattel to be traded among families.
—
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
There was no forgetting the notorious Confederate prison camps like Andersonville and Salisbury, the Confederate pogrom at Fort Pillow, and the fact that the South had seceded in the first place to perpetuate and expand an elite-serving economy based on human chattel.
—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Oct. 2025
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations.
—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chattel
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The Florida Advanced Courses and Test—or FACT, for short—is heavy on American exceptionalism, light on slave narratives.
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Preserving slave ownership, along with resisting political overreach from Mexico City, were principal reasons that the Mexican state of Texas fought to break free of Mexico.
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Mogbo grabbed the rebound, setting up Sacramento’s final possession.
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The score might not suggest dominance, but Colombia controlled the game from the outset and held possession for nearly two-thirds of the match.
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Highlight reels are dominated by exceptional athletes doing exceptional things.
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Addam has a dragon and got to swoop in after all the fighting for the warm and fuzzy stuff.
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Tackle one section of a room at a time—a nightstand, dresser, desk, or medicine cabinet—to help give more structure and direction when working in with lots of stuff.
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“Chattel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chattel. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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