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- GLC#
- GLC09122
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- circa January 1856
- Author/Creator
- Woodson, Obadiah, fl. 1856
- Title
- [Slave Patrol Contract]
- Place Written
- Salisbury, North Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. :
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Appoints a captain to oversee a company of men for "Patrol duty at least two nights in each week; and on the Sabbath day to disperse all collections of negroes or boys violating the Ordinances of the Town. On all slaves found off their owner's premises, without written permission... you will inflict not more than fifteen lashes; no slave to be whipped except in presence of the Captain. You will arrest and carry before the Intendant of Police, all free colored men found associating with slaves in the night, or on the Sabbath day, in any kitchen, out-house, or place other than his own premises." With manuscript accomplishment, signed by Obadiah Woodson and Horace L. Robards.
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