chattel

Examples of chattel in the following topics:

• Slavery

  • Chattel slavery, so named because people are treated as the personal property, chattels, of an owner and are bought and sold as commodities, is the original form of slavery.
  • When taking these chattels across national borders, it is referred to as human trafficking, especially when these slaves provide sexual services.

• Issues In Property Rights

  • As Hayek has pointed out, property rights cannot be static; the property rights that apply to chattel property of individuals may not apply equally well to intellectual property.
  • If chattel or land is "mine" I am more likely to use it wisely.

• Slavery in the Antebellum Period

  • Race was a critical element of chattel slavery.
  • Slave women were at high risk for rape and sexual abuse, a practice partially rooted in the patriarchal Southern culture of the era that perceived all women, black or white, as property or chattel.

• Chesapeake Slavery

  • Although African chattel slavery was a more expensive investment that white indentured servitude, it guaranteed a lifetime service of free labor.
  • A great deal of support for the system of chattel slavery came from the wealthy white's fear of rebellions from the labor force.

• Slave Labor

  • Chattel slavery in the United States, or the outright ownership of a human being and of his/her descendants, was a form of forced labor which existed as a legal institution from the early colonial period .

• Women and Slavery

  • The sexual abuse of slaves was partially rooted in a patriarchal Southern culture that perceived all women, whether black or white, as chattel, or property.

• The Dred Scott Decision

  • Furthermore, the Court ruled that slaves, as chattel or private property, could not be taken away from their owners without due process.

• The Language of Liberty

  • The language of liberty, significantly, did not apply to slaves, who were deemed as chattel property.

• Jefferson, Slavery, and Race

  • From this time onward, Jefferson took on the duties of owning and supervising his large chattel estate.

• The Legal Ramifications for Slavery

  • As further protection for slavery, the delegates approved Section 2 of Article IV, which prohibited citizens from providing assistance to escaping slaves and required the return of chattel property to owners.