chattelhood

But, again, instead of reproving the nearly vanquished South for choosing to "make war rather than let the nation survive," Lincoln suggested that divine justice had given "to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came" -- retribution on all Americans, all of whom were implicated in the grand sin of human chattelhood.

Why inaugural speeches work David Greenberg 2009

But, again, instead of reproving the nearly vanquished South for choosing to "make war rather than let the nation survive," Lincoln suggested that divine justice had given "to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came" -- retribution on all Americans, all of whom were implicated in the grand sin of human chattelhood.

When Inaugural Speeches Work 2009

The census of Peter having thus fairly inaugurated chattelhood, it immediately began to develop itself in all its turpitude.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

The importance to the Southern negro of the political function was greatly overrated when he emerged from chattelhood.

The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement George Spring Merriam 1878

We will not say that there is none; but if it exists, it exists as the outlawed antagonist of human chattelhood.

The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It 1857

It is not our business to think of man as a merchantable commodity; and we will not, even by implication, admit "the wild and guilty fantasy," that the condition of chattelhood may rightfully attach to sentient and immortal beings.

The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It 1857

States and could not sue in the United States Court remanded him and his family to the chattelhood of Mrs. Chaffee.

Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Benjamin Perley Poore 1853

Page 102 undermines the whole fabric of his chattelhood; it prepares for what slaveholders are pleased to pronounce the unpardonable sin when committed by a slave.

Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb : an American slave : written by himself, 1849

In fact, it undermines the whole fabric of his chattelhood; it prepares for what slaveholders are pleased to pronounce the unpardonable sin when committed by a slave.

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of an American Slave Written by Himself Bibb, Henry 1849

In fact, it undermines the whole fabric of his chattelhood; it prepares for what slaveholders are pleased to pronounce the unpardonable sin when committed by a slave.

Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself Henry Bibb 1834