{"product_id":"the-police-control-of-the-howell-meadors-henry-9781678057657","title":"The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina","description":"\"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) \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....\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howell Meadors Henry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1678057657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781678057657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lulu.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Howell Meadors Henry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44127633244415,"sku":"9781678057657","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_864daa87-f051-4bdf-be3c-64e927ad442e.jpg?v=1687454375","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-police-control-of-the-howell-meadors-henry-9781678057657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}