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paddy roller

(1) An iron wagon with iron wheels that carried a cage filled with prisoners, or escaped slaves back in ante-bellum days. (2) A group of men who retrieved escaped slaves from the plantations in the South.
(1) A paddy roller drawn by draught horses was filled convicts on the way to a work assignment on the county highway.

(2) A paddy roller successfully caught Kunta Kinte as the runaway slave was securely manacled for the journey back to his master.
by Hugo Drax March 26, 2016
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