Azizi,

Thank you for looking this up, condensing it, and posting it. As a former high school teacher in the USA, I can tell you from experience that very little attention is paid to slave patrols other than the brief mention that they existed. Much more attention is given to the Underground Railway, who are rightfully regarded for their heroic work, but who were rarely ever encountered. The slave patrols, on the other hand, were a constant fact of life in slave holding society. Maybe it's a reluctance to face the overwhelming and brutal reality of slavery in the Land of he Free. May it's a desire to find and applaud the few brave souls who resisted the slavocracy at great peril to themselves. Maybe it's both.

--- Steve