In entering upon the duties of a slaveholder, she did not seem to perceive that I sustained to her the relation of a mere chattel, and that for her to treat me as a human being was not only wrong, but

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In entering upon the duties of a slaveholder, she did not seem to perceive that I sustained to her the relation of a mere chattel, and that for her to treat me as a human being was not only wrong, but dangerously so.

—Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,
Frederick Douglass

Read the passage from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word chattel. Use the drop-down menus to answer these questions.

Chattel means
✔ property
.

Which clues in the text helped you determine the meaning of the word chattel?

✔ as a human being was wrong

What kind of context clue is this?

✔ antonym