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Slave patrols—also known as patrollers, patterrollers, pattyrollers, or paddy rollers [1] —were organized groups of armed men who monitored and enforced discipline upon slaves in the antebellum U.S. southern states. The slave patrols' function was to police slaves, especially those who escaped or were viewed as defiant.
Slave Patrols: Law and Violence in Virginia and the Carolinas is a 2001 non-fiction book published by Harvard University Press by historian Sally E. Hadden.Hadden investigates the origins of slave patrols, that often enforced laws involving slaves, in the late seventeenth century in the American states of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina and the role these patrols had on the Ku Klux ...
The Law and History Review described Slave Patrols as the "first full-length work" to thoroughly examine slave patrols' "origins, character, variations, demise, and legacy." [3] Hadden's monograph was described in the Journal of Interdisciplinary History as "thoroughly researched," "remarkably complete," and "commendably cautious."
It is hard not to notice that the police have treated the two kinds of protests very differently. As incidents of police brutality multiply, historians hear echoes of 18th-century ‘slave patrols ...
If a slave reached the Northern free states, a slave catcher's job was substantially more difficult; even if they did find the fugitive they could face resistance from anti-slavery citizens. If a slave managed to escape this far, slave owners typically sent an agent more closely connected to them, or put out notices about the escaped slave. [12]
During the American Civil War, slave patrols remained in place. After the Civil War, in the Reconstruction period, the former slave patrol groups joined with other white militias and groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan. Meanwhile, early police forces of the South began to take on the role of policing and regulating the movement of African ...
Practical efforts to enforce the abolition of slavery included the British Preventative Squadron and the American African Slave Trade Patrol, the abolition of slavery in the Americas, and the widespread imposition of European political control in Africa. In modern times, human trafficking remains an international problem.
As police departments across the country continue to face significant challenges with recruiting and retaining officers, some are turning to historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs.