An Ordinance Organizing and Establishing Patrols for the Police of Slaves in the Parish of St. Landry

<b>Free people of color were also enlisted to help patrol slaves in places like St. Landry parish. -The Six Shooter State (2018)<br>The St. Landry Parish Police Jury responding to an incident in nearby Cheneyville revised its slave patrol ordinance to provide greater security against possible plantation restlessness. -The African American Experience in Louisiana: From the Civil War to Jim Crow (2000)<br>Following the capture of New Orleans by Union forces in April 1862 many of Louisiana's southeastern parishes enacted more stringent slave-control measures. St. Landry Parish thoroughly reorganized its patrol system...every white male from 16 to 60 enrolled and put to work. -The Black Experience in the Civil War South Page (2010)</b><br><br>Were poor Louisianans both black and white forced to participate in Slave Patrols against their will or risk jail time?<br>An 1863 ordinance published by St. Landry Parish Louisiana has surprising and shocking answers. The 25-page ordinance An Ordinance Organizing and Establishing Patrols for the Police of Slaves published in 1863 has been republished here for historical reference purposes.