{"product_id":"the-police-control-of-the-slave-in-south-carolina-paperback","title":"The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHowell Meadors Henry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Henry offered important insights into the workings of South Carolina's slave patrol system.\" - An Old Creed for the New South (2008) \"An excellent analysis of slave control...one of the few early historians of slavery to examine...why the various slave laws were passed.\" - Slavery, Race and American History (2015) \"An analysis of the slave patrol and the elaborate police systems organized to police the behavior of African-Americans during slavery.\" - Black Police in America (1996) \"As H.M. Henry described it, 'the plantation was a sort of governmental unit as to the police control of the slave, and to its head, the slaveowner, was given a large measure of sovereign management.'\" - Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America (2015) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What kept thousands slaves from escaping to freedom every time an overseer turned his back, fell asleep, or was out-numbered? In 1914, Howell Meadors Henry (1879-1956), later to become Emory Dean and Professor of History, published a study of the slave patrol system entitled, \"The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina.\" In introducing his work, Henry writes: \"Professor Frederick W. Moore suggested to me as a topic for investigation, the police control of the negro in the period of 1861-1865 and following years. It was his suggestion that by using several states as illustrations I should show to what extent the Southern people sought to perpetuate not slavery, but the same method of controlling the emancipated negro which was in force under the slavery regime....\"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47502716010674,"sku":"9781678057657","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2c1d078587c9e4543b9ad6861633e4ec.webp?v=1779471777","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-police-control-of-the-slave-in-south-carolina-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}