/his/pill me on slave whippings. How and when were slaves whipped? What kind of whips did they use? Did overseers whip slaves out in the cotton fields when they felt they were flaking? Or did they arrange an appointment at the whipping post? Did other slaves watch? Did other slaves conduct whippings? How often would a slave expect to get whipped? How did slaves feel about the sting of the white man's lash?
>>18100396if slaves earned $2 a week and bread cost $0.06, that's 33 pounds of bread a week, more than enough to feed them
>>18100377They weren't whipped, they were bucked
>>18100457seems like just another kind of whip
>>18100377Bucks got lashes until they got that uppity ass into the breaking barn.
>>18100377Whipping was a common punishment, still is in some parts of the world
this >>18100499russian serfs used to be whipped, peasants were whipped all over the world, there wasn't anything exceptional about slavery in the south
>>18100377Every soldier, sailor or sinner in History, including Jesus, was whipped, scourged and flogged at some point. Until very recently, kids would "get a whippin' " when they misbehaved too. There is absolutely nothing interesting or unique about "slaves being whipped" in the US vs. anyone anywhere else in the world, Past or Present. Pro Tip: if you don't want to get whipped, don't do stupid shit. It's not that complicated, really.
>>18100377Most whipping was done during the initial breaking of the bucks.
