In Auandaru Nirhani essay “Policing Slaves Since The 1600’s: White Supremacy, Slavery, and Modern U.S Police Departments” he describes the three vigilante groups. The Barbadian slave code, Southern slave patrols and Urban night watch. Each group was assigned to watch over slaves to keep them from committing crimes, but they were also allowed to punish the slaves in violent ways if they refused to follow the rules
The Barbadian slave code was a law passed by the British in 1661. This law allowed slave owners to punish their slaves in violent ways. The slave owners would beat, hang and burn the slaves. The Southern slave patrols were a group of white men created to watch over slaves in the southern colonies. Their job was to prevent slaves