human chattel

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Human beings considered property, that is, slaves. uncountable
    — 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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