People do not like to be treated like chattel. From LearnThat.org.
But the word chattel does not in the least interfere with their humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie Norton: Or, Southern Slavery and the Bible. A Scriptural Refutation of the Principal Arguments upon which the Abolitionists Rely. A Vindication of Southern Slavery from the Old and New Testaments.] Reference
Tell me if the principle which permits one man to regard another as a chattel is not destructive in. From Wordnik.com. [A Sermon on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
But when only one partner wears a ring which the world traditionally reads as "taken" or "owned", then sorry, but yes, the word chattel does spring to mind. From Wordnik.com. [diamonds are for never - Anil Dash] Reference
And, in phrase professional, call'd thee 'chattel'. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1] Reference
The ignorance of the chattel is the life that feeds the master's power. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvest of Years] Reference
The tradition of one man and his chattel has been a hard one to change. From Wordnik.com. [Rationalizing the State's AntiGay Agenda OR The Real Definition of Traditional Marriage: One Man and His Chattel] Reference
Emer is treated like chattel, which is what most women were during that time. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Saffron on the Seven Seas] Reference
American chattel is oftentimes as much, and even more European in his lineage than African) for nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Downfall of American Slavery] Reference
"chattel" -- in the absolute possession of an irresponsible master. From Wordnik.com. [Black Ivory] Reference
This "chattel" was owned by Dr. Richard Dorsey, of. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
It was highly pleasing to have a visit from a "chattel" belonging to the leading advocate of the infamous Fugitive Slave Bill. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
That at one time, they weren't any better than dogs and cats and they were a kind of chattel and the man had to be the conscience. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Lucy Somerville Howorth, June 20, 22, and 23, 1975. Interview G-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
(Government), and men never part with a good "chattel," except for a sufficient cause. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 1] Reference
For your information, I'm nobody's "chattel" and my children are not "owned" by the state. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
They owned some "chattel" (cattle, land, buildings, places of worship, or "stock") in common. From Wordnik.com. [Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution] Reference
Such was the caricature of Christianity often encouraged amongst their "chattel" by skillful slaveholders. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
I was going to add 'chattel' into my own comments, but wondered if the readers would understand the word. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
The Speaker told a journalists 'lunch his wife was not his "chattel" and was entitled to a life independent of him. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
Trans-Atlantic trade led to the degrading use of "chattel" slaves, whereby the slaves were treated purely as property of the owner. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
But, Smith said, in order to move beyond "the elephant in the room," people need to acknowledge slaves were "chattel" and "property.". From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News] Reference
That the slave at the South is a mere "chattel," and that. From Wordnik.com. [The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)] Reference
For example, perhaps to AJ's disappointment, "chattel" no longer includes human slaves. From Wordnik.com. ["The homosexual agenda has been carefully crafted and packaged to change the way Americans think about homosexuality."] Reference
But their real enemy was a system that regarded them as chattel. From Wordnik.com. [The Luddites Are Back] Reference
In others they are public chattel, who can be used by men free of charge. From Wordnik.com. [Becoming A 'Servant Of God'] Reference
He would be a man, penniless, rather than the chattel-son of a millionaire!. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Forget about those dowdy widowers who toiled like chattel and slept in the basement. From Wordnik.com. [You Called For Me, Sir?] Reference
Already she saw the day of payments, note-renewals, and chattel mortgages staring them in the face. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
Do they understand that the South seceded from the Union to maintain chattel slavery as a way of life?. From Wordnik.com. [Notable] Reference
And do you too go without a slave, not to be a slave yourself; and without chattels, not to be another man's chattel. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Not to go too far sideways, I want to mention how institutional marriage figured into the maintenance of chattel slavery. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Book and Gay Marriage] Reference
His frustration was likely a combination of being treated like chattel by his employer, and then being treated rudely by customers. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Finance: Educated but broke] Reference
But the husband ought to rule his wife, not as a master does a chattel, but as the soul governs the body, by sympathy and goodwill. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
The name was adopted because the first residents had all been freed from chattel slavery and wanted to be known as a town of free people. From Wordnik.com. [Memories of Southern Chef Edna Lewis] Reference
Communism subjects the individual to arrest without lawful cause, punishment without trial, and forced labor as the chattel of the state. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
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