21278501https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/21278501North CarolinaChowanCounty2691785County004North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaThe petitioners seek to form their own slave patrol in order to keep slaves "in better Subjection." There are "a number of Negroes," they assert, "Passing & repassing at all times of the Night Without Liberty from their Owners much to the Injury of our property."Militias/Patrols