Slave patrollers, also known as paddy rollers, were gangs of white men who monitored and policed slaves--looking especially for runaways and defiant slaves. During the Civil War, when most of the young men were in the Confederate Army, it fell to older men and those younger men who were turned away from the Army to take over the slave patrols.
Patrollers were equipped with guns and whips and would exert brutal and racially motivated control. In All to Pieces, the slave patrollers are motivated not only by racial hatred, but also by a profound homophobia.
Patrollers were equipped with guns and whips and would exert brutal and racially motivated control. In All to Pieces, the slave patrollers are motivated not only by racial hatred, but also by a profound homophobia.