whippings

the pirate captain was known for his brutal whippings of disobedient crew members.

historical accounts detail the use of whippings as a form of punishment in the 18th century.

the novel depicted a slave owner administering whippings to his enslaved people.

public whippings were sometimes carried out as a deterrent to crime in colonial times.

the severity of the whippings depended on the crime committed and the judge's discretion.

he vividly described the agonizing whippings he witnessed as a child.

the abolitionist movement strongly opposed the practice of whippings and slavery.

the film showed the harsh realities of whippings in the penal system.

the accused man braced himself for the inevitable whippings.

the story recounts the horrors of whippings inflicted upon runaway slaves.

the judge ordered a reduction in the number of whippings as a sign of mercy.