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Image: Mississippi slave patrol illustration. 1863. Author unknown. Source:
Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco on Nostr: Slave patrols weren’t marginal or reactive. They were the state’s most regular ...
Slave patrols weren’t marginal or reactive. They were the state’s most regular point of contact with white men. Patrol duty crossed class lines. Men without office or wealth exercised sovereign, bodily power—backed by statute. This wasn’t vigilantism. It was the state stripped to essentials.
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Image: Mississippi slave patrol illustration. 1863. Author unknown. Source:
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Image: Mississippi slave patrol illustration. 1863. Author unknown. Source: