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The Policing of Slavery in New Orleans, 1852–1860
Author(s) -
McGoldrick Stacy K.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6443.00153
Subject(s) - autonomy , order (exchange) , law , political science , criminology , sociology , business , finance
This paper analyzes the roles of the New Orleans police in the slave order, and attempts to delineate the various opportunities for police autonomy. I also consider the laws of slavery that the police were expected to enforce, and the viability of actively enforcing them. I conclude that the police had opportunities to create autonomy for themselves through the reality of slave and city life.