43 examples of whippings in sentences

These whippings were not so severe as when the slaves were stripped entirely of their clothes, as was generally the case on the plantations where slaves were owned by the dozen.

This washing was customary, after whippings, as the planters claimed it drew out all the soreness, and healed the lacerated flesh.

After these whippings the slave was often left helpless and bleeding upon the ground, until the master, or overseer, saw fit to let him up.

The number and severity of these whippings depended more upon the humor of the madam than upon the conduct of the slaves.

The claim that it would prevent the folks from whipping me so much, I found, was not sustained by my experiencemy whippings came just the same.

In fact, the number of murders, maimings and whippings during these months aggregated over one thousand.

"I wish I could have brought you some big whippings for behaving so badly.

There are all kinds of stitches,embroidery, and plain over-and-over, and whippings, and darns!

Whippings "Your overseer carried their straps with them.

Slave Sales, Whippings, Work "I have heard my folks talk about how they were traded off and how they used to have to work.

Mr. B. gives the following testimony: "All the slaves had their backs scarred, from the oft-repeated whippings they had received.

Whippings are so universal that a negro that has not been whipped is talked of in all the region as a wonder.

Whippings are so universal that a negro that has not been whipped is talked of in all the region as a wonder.

I don't wish it was the cat' Whatever I had intended to add was suddenly cut short; and I began to think that it was rather foolish of me to subject myself to two whippings instead of one.

The children looked frightened; and Fred, being now too old to dread any whippings on his own account, kindly undertook the instruction of his younger brothers in the art of being saucy and playing practical jokes.

Whippings, instead of proving a cure, might bring revenge in the form of sabotage, arson or murder.

Doubtless on the one hand the negro rapists had been promptly put to death, and on the other hand the slaves committing mere theft had been let off with whippings.

Go I would, though promised a dozen whippings.

Whippings "I was carrying her daughter to school every day except Saturdays and Sundays.

In this country the Irishman need not "fear to speak of '98," and in this country he still treasures the memory of the whippings and pitch-caps of Major Beresford's riding-house, and other pleasant souvenirs of the way in which, sixty years ago, loyalty dealt with rebellion.

So I took him by the hand and led him to headquarters for whippings, the bench in the shipping department, where a pretty scrappy lot of boys were employed to run errands, and told the boss to take him on.

"Parson" describes himself as being very frisky as a boy and states that he did but very little work and got but very few whippings.

Edward often heard his mother tell of the "patter-rollers", a group of white men who caught and administered severe whippings to these unfortunate slaves.

A boy would rather take a dozen whippings at school than have the story of one of them come home; and Piggy thought with inward trembling that he would rather report even a whipping at home than face his mother in the dishonor which covered him.

To-morrow there's going to be two public whippings.

43 examples of  whippings  in sentences