Whether the person was considered property - Apex
Chattel slavery
chattel slavery
chattel slavery
chattel and servitude
indentured and chattel .|.
indentured and chattel .|.
Indentured servitude was for the workers who volunteered to work for others as a way to pay for passage to the New World. People who wanted to make money, saw a need for slavery, and started stealing people from Africa to work the big plantations.?æ
Indentured Servants had a specific end date written into their contracts, so that when the contract expired, they will have worked off their debt to their employer. A Slave is the Chattel (movable property) of the owner and belongs to the master for life.
Chattel slave is known as slave traditional slave. This is where slaves are treated as chattel.
They were not the same. Indentured servants were to serve 7 years, but often they left before they finished their time. They could blend in so it made it hard to find them, but any person who was black was a slave and needed a pass to leave the plantation. Indentured servants were paid and free after 7 years. Slaves were never paid and were considered property.
A chattel is any tangible, movable property, or a slave.
My herd of cattle is my best-loved chattel.