History of Policing in America

The first police forces in America were created to control who?

• The homeless

• Enslaved Black people

Slave patrols were in charge of enforcing what?

• Slave codes

• Black codes

True or False: It was legal for slave patrols to punish runaway enslaved people by shooting, whipping and many other harsh punishments

• True

• False

True or False: The slave patrol system gave power to all white people, even those who did not enslave people.

• True

• False

After slavery was abolished (ended) southern states began passing _______________ that allowed Black people to continue being patrolled.

The 13th Amendment abolished (ended) slavery except ___________________ meaning that slavery was still legal as a form of punishment.

• in the southern states

• punishment for crime