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Examples
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Kratas flexed the lash of his slave-whip between his fingers.
River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993
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Alfred and his brothers applied dexterously the slave-whip, which they had provided for the occasion by borrowing a plantation slave-whip kept by Henry Bibb as a reminder of his slave life.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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She shall go to the whipping-post, this disobedient virgin; she shall have twelve lashes, (for the Chelsea gods are severe, and know the use of "beneficent whip,") -- twelve lashes on the naked person, -- blows with the terrible slave-whip, beneath which the skin purples in long, winding lines, then breaks and gushes into spirts of red blood, and afterwards cicatrizes into perpetual scars; for disobedience is an immorality not to be overlooked!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Various
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In the sacred name of Jesus we beg for mercy, and the slave-whip, red with blood, cracks over us in mockery.
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Seemingly he heard the lash of a slave-whip crack in the air.
The Flirt 1912
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Seemingly he heard the lash of a slave-whip crack in the air.
The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907
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In the sacred name of Jesus we beg for mercy; and the slave-whip, red with blood, cracks over us in mockery.
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In one moment, a mere tick of a watch, the twinkle of an eye, the glance of the morning sun, saw a bondage which had resisted the humanity of ages, defied earth and heaven, instantly ended; saw the slave-whip burnt to ashes; saw the slave's chains melted; saw his fetters broken and the irresponsible power of the slave-master over his victim forever destroyed.
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It would have been an invitation to the auction-block and the slave-whip.
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Alfred and his brothers applied dexterously the slave-whip, which they had provided for the occasion by borrowing a plantation slave-whip kept by Henry Bibb as a reminder of his slave life.
A Woman's Life-Work Haviland, Laura S 1881
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