"human chattel" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} human chattel (uncountable)
  1. Human beings considered property, that is, slaves. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Slaves
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          "ref": "1863, Harper Twelvetrees, preface to The Story of the Life of John Anderson, the Fugitive Slave, William Tweedie (publisher), page ix",
          "text": "Where is the man of intelligence who does not instantly see that this provision of human law […] makes the relation, between father and mother, that of mere agents for increasing the gains of him who claims a right of property in the human chattel, whose offspring, by law, are his?"
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