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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
In addition to the count for injunctive relief — which was filed against all the defendants — counts of conversion, trespass to chattel and battery were filed against Belanski.
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Campbell’s freeing of two Black men appeared in a Carroll County chattel and bond book in 1864.
—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
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Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Campbell’s freeing of two Black men appeared in a Carroll County chattel and bond book in 1864.
—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
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Forced to convert to Catholicism, the slaves blended the two faiths into a syncretic religion that spread across the island and around the Caribbean.Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
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The book is centered on Jim, the runaway slave who travels the Mississippi river with Huck Finn in search of freedom and the desire to change the trajectory of his family’s story.Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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During their first offensive possession in their 27-19 victory, the Kansas City Chiefs faced a crucial 4th and 1.Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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King appreciatively recounts the casualness with which Handel took on grand projects, including the libretto by Jennens, which in 1741 Handel had had in his possession for months before deciding, during an engagement in Dublin, to give it a whirl.Bob Blaisdell, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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As the company has seen, things may be volatile at times.Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Should things go badly, that’s another story.Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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The whole sequence where the Doctor pilots the TARDIS down the motorway while trying to save Donna is edge-of-your-seat stuff.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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While it's not expected to snow on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, the white stuff from Monday could hang around to give the holiday a festive look.Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Chattel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chattel. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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