Delaware, the last to abolish state whippings, to remove public whipping post Wednesday

Most often, custom dictated that a cat-o'-nine tails — a broomstick-like handle with nine 2-foot-long leather thongs — was used to administer the beatings. They were sometimes doled out for what many would consider petty crimes like stealing a chicken and often accompanied a prison sentence.

The post in Georgetown is currently accompanied by an informational placard that soft-plays the prominence of the punishment in Delaware, advocates for its removal note. The final lashes were administered by Delaware in 1952, when a prisoner was tied to a post in the yard of the New Castle County Workhouse, now known as Greenbank Park, and whipped 20 times for beating a woman.

Museum displays have featured different Delaware whipping posts since then. That's the likely future for the Georgetown post. Tim Slavin, director of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, said the post is appropriate for the state's collection of artifacts.

Quick! Hide it, so everyone forgets it happened! And that will work because no one reads any history anymore... at least not something which isn't slanted way left.

The history is hard but with proper signage, things don’t have to be hidden in museums to teach history. To see a relic in its original location can provide more atmosphere, be more respectful for the memories of those that lived it and can even be seen by more people.

They need to bring it back!

Buggy whipping sounds good when considering how to punish people who do this

Good!! Burn that crap!!

I would hope it finds a home in a history museum. Visuals help make history real to a lot of people.

So, up until now they saw no REAL reason to remove this whipping post from public view...and now you want Black People to believe you all of a sudden give a damn Really?

Listen Yanks! If half the population of the USA died of Covid_19 the world would be a better place for it! So carry on idiots 👍 GodBlessAmerica

This is a thing that they had been doing? Like, this century? Yikes.

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