Slave patrols were first introduced in 1704, so maybe the Bow Street Runners and the Thames River Police got their impetus from the colonies protection of rich white peoples human property.
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Maybe. But I'd think those rich white people in England pretty much set the precedents going back before the Battle of Hastings. All that transpired then was a change in who calls the shots.
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