Chattel slaves are individuals treated as complete property, to be bought and sold.

On plantations in southern colonies.

The slave is considered chattel - property - to be bought and sold in perpetuity like livestock. Once an individual becomes a chattel slave they are considered chattel for life. Not all forms of forced labor doom a person to slavery until the day they die. Many of them are only for a fixed period of time or until a fixed debt has been redeemed.

Children born to chattel slaves are considered the property of the "owner" of the chattel slave just like a calf is the property of the owner of the cow. No other form of forced labor passes that status/lifetime-obligation down to the children.

Chattel slavery was a system where individuals were treated as property, bought and sold as commodities. It was commonly practiced in the United States and other parts of the world, where enslaved individuals had no rights and were forced to work under brutal conditions. The abolition of chattel slavery was a long and difficult process that involved social, economic, and political changes.

On plantations in southern colonies