Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a molecule that encodes an organism's genetic blueprint. In other words, DNA contains all of the information required to build and maintain an organism.
Chattel slavery, also called traditional slavery, is so named because people are treated as the chattel (personal property) of the owner and are bought and sold as if they were commodities. It is the least prevalent form of slavery in the world today.
Duties of Athenian Slaves. The chattel slavery approach used by the Athenians seems to have been the more popular option across Greece. In fact, there is evidence that even the Spartans supplemented their helot workforce of serfs with chattel slaves.