chattel

Example Sentences

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But the task force will not propose a cash restitution amount for individuals, opting instead to leave it to lawmakers to figure out how much descendants of U.S. chattel slavery are owed.

From Seattle Times

The Scott Trust commissioned independent academic research in 2020 to investigate whether there was any historical connection between chattel slavery and John Edward Taylor and other Manchester businessmen who funded its creation.

From BBC

Better yet, he’s canny enough to link the family breakdown with the failures of their country, its systems dependent — as Winter puts it — on a labor force “analogous, yes, to chattel slavery.”

From Los Angeles Times

In 2021, Ms. Heidemann sought from the court the right to decide what to do with the embryos, based on the property law that governs partitioning by sale, if necessary, of “goods or chattels.”

From New York Times

It celebrates Juneteenth while glossing over the horrors of chattel slavery.

From Washington Post