Shall We Have a Whipping Post (1901)
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By Sarah Comstock There is talk of our having a whipping post where husbands may be trained up in the way they should go. The thing has been hammered over time and again in the East. Here on our coast it was for a young attorney and a young husband to throw the bombshell proposition…
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Delaware just removed its last public whipping post. Here's a look at its history and significance.
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WHIPPING POST IN DELAWARE.; Senate Decides to Do Away with Pillory -- Punishment for Husband Beaters. - The New York Times
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Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) 1901, As Amended in 2011 (English, including summary of reforms)