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whipping post
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whipping post
scene of Christ’s scourging. [N.T.: Matthew 15:15]
See : Passion of Christ


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Summoning spirits: calloused-palm field hands, wet nurses and house negresses, backs bloodied at whipping posts, we strip limbs from hanging-trees, read out rights of passage, walk towards freedom in a throng.
Freedom at Sunrise by Church, L. Teresa / African American Review
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