In the southern colonies of the United States, slave patrols represented the first form of modern policing, existing as early as the mid-1700s.

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Slave patrols, established in the early 1700s in the southern colonies, are considered one of the earliest forms of organized policing in the United States, primarily tasked with controlling, returning, and punishing runaway slaves.

In the Southern Colonies of the United States, Slave Patrols