The Only Use
chattel
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- So Simon, having forgotten his teacher's dictum on the possession of human chattels, bought three slaves and with their aid established a homestead on the banks of the Alabama River some forty miles above Saint Stephens.
p. 4.5chattels = owned property
Definitions:
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(1)
(chattel) owned property (in law, tangible property other than real estate)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)