Slave patrol
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Slave patrols (called patrollers or pattyrollers by the slaves) were organized groups of three to six white men who enforced discipline upon black slaves during the antebellum U.S. southern states. They policed the slaves on the plantations and hunted down fugitive slaves. Patrols were allowed to use summary punishment against escapees, which included maiming or killing them.
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