How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"A patroller is […] was a white man, usually young, often poor, sometimes drunk. He was a member of a group of such men organized to keep the blacks in line." (2.6.5)
Dana's first encounter with patrollers isn't a good one. As she explains to her husband Kevin, these patrollers were people back in slave times who walked around harassing and beating up black people. Their job was to keep slaves obedient, but the truth was that they tended to do whatever they felt like with black people.
Quote #2
"I'm not sure it's possible for a lone black woman—or even a black man—to be protected in that place." (2.6.35)
Dana doesn't believe it's possible for a black person to even exist in 1815 Maryland without being in immediate danger. Their skin color is enough to get them beaten up even if they aren't doing anything in particular.