chattel slavery

[chat-l sley-vuh-ree, sleyv-ree]

noun

1. the enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work without wages, as distinguished from other systems of forced, unpaid, or low-wage labor also considered to be slavery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chattel slavery¹

First recorded in 1900–05