chattel slavery

IPA/tʃˈatəl slˈeɪvəɹi/
IPA/tʃˈæɾəl slˈeɪvɚɹi/

chattel slavery — noun

1. a system in which people are legally treated as the personal property of another

1.名詞C1
釋義

a system in which people are legally treated as the personal property of another person, and can be bought, sold, inherited, or traded like objects

例句

The British Empire abolished chattel slavery in 1834, freeing hundreds of thousands of enslaved people.

temporal collocation: abolished chattel slavery in [year]

In chattel slavery, the child of an enslaved woman automatically became her owner's property.

prepositional phrase: in chattel slavery

同義詞
  • bondage

    broader term; can refer to any state of being bound or confined, not necessarily involving legal property ownership

  • servitude

    more general; includes forced labour arrangements (such as indentured servitude) that do not treat the person as property

反義詞
  • freedom

    the state of being free from ownership or control by another person

  • liberty

    the right to act and live as one chooses, without being another person's property

文法句型

used as an uncountable noun

用法筆記

Chattel slavery is distinct from other forms of forced labour (such as serfdom or debt bondage) because the enslaved person is legally classified as property rather than as a person with limited rights. The phrase appears most often in historical and legal writing.

常見錯誤

❌Chattel slavery is the same as any kind of slavery.
✅Chattel slavery is a specific legal form of slavery where people are treated as property that can be bought and sold.
💡not all slavery treats people as legal property; serfdom and debt bondage are different systems.