Podcast
Behind the Bastards
It was described as the most comprehensive history of slave patrols, highlighting the role of white supremacy and the unified obligation of white individuals to suppress the black population.
The history of police work in the South grows out of this early fascination by white patrollers with what African-American slaves were doing. Most law enforcement was by definition, white patrolmen wa...
— Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of Am...
Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Pol...
It was described as the most comprehensive history of slave patrols, highlighting the role of white supremacy and the unified obligation of white individuals to suppress the black population.
The history of police work in the South grows out of this early fascination by white patrollers with what African-American slaves were doing. Most law enforcement was by definition, white patrolmen watching, catching or beating black slaves.
With us, every citizen is concerned in the maintenance of order and in promoting honesty and industry among those of the lowest class who are our slaves. And our habitual vigilance renders standing armies, whether of soldiers or policemen, entirely unnecessary. Small guards in our cities and occasional patrols in the country ensure us a repose and security known nowhere else.
Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Pol...
It was described as the most comprehensive history of slave patrols, highlighting their role in maintaining white supremacy and the social classes involved.
The history of police work in the South grows out of this early fascination by white patrollers with what African-American slaves were doing. Most law enforcement was by definition, white patrolmen watching, catching or beating black slaves.
With us, every citizen is concerned in the maintenance of order and in promoting honesty and industry among those of the lowest class who are our slaves. And our habitual vigilance renders standing armies, whether of soldiers or policemen, entirely unnecessary. Small guards in our cities and occasional patrols in the country ensure us a repose and security known nowhere else.
Episode: Slavery, Mass Murder and the Birth of American Pol...
This book was described as the most comprehensive study of slave patrols yet, detailing the transition of this institution into formalized police departments in the American South after the Civil War.
The history of police work in the South grows out of this early fascination by white patrollers with what African-American slaves were doing. Most law enforcement was by definition, white patrolmen watching, catching or beating black slaves.
Policemen in southern towns continued to carry out those aspects of urban slave patrolling that seemed race neutral, but in reality were applied selectively.