THE POLICE NEED A HISTORY LESSON Slave patrols (called - TopicsExpress



          

THE POLICE NEED A HISTORY LESSON Slave patrols (called patrollers, pattyrollers or paddy rollers by the slaves) were organized groups of white men who monitored and enforced discipline upon black slaves in the antebellum U.S. southern states. Slave patrols function was to police slaves, especially runaways and defiant slaves. They also formed river patrols to prevent escape by boat. Slave patrols were first established in South Carolina in 1704, and the idea spread throughout the colonies.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 21:09:07 +0000

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