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An 8-foot tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.
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BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2020
The whipping post was originally located on the grounds of the Sussex Correctional Institution south of Georgetown, according to a news release.
—Allen Kim and Sheena Jones, CNN, 1 July 2020
Forty-eight years after formally ridding whipping from its laws as a criminal punishment, the state of Delaware will be removing a public whipping post on Wednesday.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
What's even uglier is when one of them is tied to the whipping post in broad daylight by a mob egged on by leading climate scientists and their henchmen.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
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BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2020
The whipping post was originally located on the grounds of the Sussex Correctional Institution south of Georgetown, according to a news release.
—Allen Kim and Sheena Jones, CNN, 1 July 2020
Forty-eight years after formally ridding whipping from its laws as a criminal punishment, the state of Delaware will be removing a public whipping post on Wednesday.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
What's even uglier is when one of them is tied to the whipping post in broad daylight by a mob egged on by leading climate scientists and their henchmen.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2014
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“Whipping post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whipping%20post. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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