Word: whippin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...former slave named Andrew Boone described how runaways were beaten: first with a "cobbin" paddle with 40 holes in it to raise blisters, then with a cat-o'-nine-tails. "When de whippin' wit de paddle was over, dey took de cat-o'-nine-tails and busted the blisters. By dis time de blood sometimes would be runnin' down deir heels. Den de next thing was a wash in salt water strong enough to hold up an egg." Then an ex-slave named Lindsey Faucette reported: "Marse never allowed us to be whipped . . . We worked...
...this is the best we've played all year, because I did think we played very well against Penn and Princeton," Harrison said afterwards. "But the kids did accomplish what they set out to do. They wanted this game real bad and they set out to put a whippin...