chattel

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Within months of her 1836 arrival in New York, Ernestine Rose, a Polish-born rabbi’s daughter, began traveling around the United States condemning women’s subjugation, economic inequality, organized religion, and chattel slavery.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2025

The draft communique says a majority of member states “share common historical experiences in relation to this abhorrent trade, chattel enslavement, the debilitation and dispossession of indigenous people”.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

It has been 159 years since the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending chattel slavery.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Black and brown Americans face unique disparities in access to education and intergenerational wealth that result from the rippling effects of chattel slavery and racial discrimination throughout U.S. history.

From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2023

Before democracy, chattel slavery in America was born.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander