Hadden offers insights into a part of U.S. history that has been
little studied, despite the fact that it is an integral fact of
that history...[Slave] patrols became part of the violent force
used to react to slave revolts, the threat of such revolts, and
runaways. Despite the bravado attached to their image, slave
patrols were "an unequivocal manifestation of white fear."--Vanessa
Bush"Booklist" (02/01/2001)
Using a variety of sources [and] adding new details, [Hadden's]
in-depth analysis provides an understanding of the daily
enforcement of slave laws and an awareness of how Southern police
forces were influenced by slavery and white dominance...This is
essential reading, with much to offer all scholars interested in
American history, slavery, and race relations.--Edward G.
McCormack"Library Journal" (03/01/2001)
In a study that explores the roots of what we know today as racial
profiling, [Hadden] focuses on the law-enforcement bands that
existed from about 1700 to 1865 and were charged with ensuring that
slaves did not escape their masters' plantations...An incisive,
scholarly study.
Slave Patrols studies the roots, rules, procedures, progress,
disintegration and legacy of Southern slave patrols in Virginia and
the Carolinas in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is perhaps the
most all-encompassing view yet of a long overlooked chapter of
Southern history. The paucity of research done on slave patrols is
seemingly out of proportion to the large role they played in the
perpetuation of the slavery system in the South.
"Slave Patrols" studies the roots, rules, procedures, progress,
disintegration and legacy of Southern slave patrols in Virginia and
the Carolinas in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is perhaps the
most all-encompassing view yet of a long overlooked chapter of
Southern history. The paucity of research done on slave patrols is
seemingly out of proportion to the large role they played in the
perpetuation of the slavery system in the South.
Sally Hadden...has written the first definitive book on slave
patrols...The book studies the roots, rules, procedures, progress,
disintegration and legacy of Southern slave patrols during the 18th
and 19th centuries. It is the most all-encompassing view of a long
overlooked chapter of Southern history.
"Slave Patrols studies the roots, rules, procedures, progress,
disintegration and legacy of Southern slave patrols in Virginia and
the Carolinas in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is perhaps the
most all-encompassing view yet of a long overlooked chapter of
Southern history. The paucity of research done on slave patrols is
seemingly out of proportion to the large role they played in the
perpetuation of the slavery system in the South.
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