The term 'patroller' originated from 'patty roller' or 'patter roller', referring to individuals who served in a system akin to jury duty, responsible for checking slave passes, hunting runaway slaves, and enforcing fear and violence in a slave society. This role was critical in maintaining the framework and structure of a slave society.
The Atlantic Slave Trade mixes centuries of human bondage with violence, economics, commerce, geo-political competition, liberty, morality, injustice, revolution, tragedy and bloody reckonings. That sounds like a lot, yet this show merely scratches the surface of this enormous subject.