Amelioration in terms of slavery is the policy of improving slave conditions.
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An amelioration is an act of ameliorating - of making better or improving.
to expand slavery
The word "chattel" means any item of property other than freehold land. Thus in terms of slavery, slaves are the chattel of the slave owner.
To improve the condition of the slaves also it was a means of delaying emancipation
No, creating a law is one thing, enforcing it, quite another. The laws were made in an effort to improve the treatment of slaves, but the downside was that they weren't enforced. As a result, the condition of slaves didn't change under the Amelioration Acts.