The Only Use of
chattel
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- In entering upon the duties of a slaveholder, she did not seem to perceive that I sustained to her the relation of a mere chattel, and that for her to treat me as a human being was not only wrong, but dangerously so.†
Chpt 7chattel = owned property
Definition:
owned property (in law, tangible property other than real estate)