An engraved illustration published in George Bourne's Picture of Slavery in the United States of America (1834) depicts a woman, presumably a plantation mistress, whipping an enslaved girl tied to a post. A plantation house is visible in the distance. Bourne was an English-born Presbyterian minister in Harrisonburg who condemned slavery and refused communion to those in his congregation who held humans in bondage. Read more about: Ladies Whipping Girls.
Image of VIGILANTES, 1893. - Woman Vigilantes Whipping A Man For Slandering Their Friend. Wood Engraving, 1893. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
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