cowhiding

One morning he, unexpectedly to William, gave him a terrible cowhiding, which, contrary to the master's designs, made him a firm believer in the doctrine of immediate abolition, and he thought, that from that hour he must do something against the system -- if nothing more than to go to Canada.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

He follows up this general castigation of the owners of the above properties with the infliction of a special cowhiding upon the

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

Many had evidently made up their minds that it would be more amusing to see the cowhiding than the circus.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

This lady he pronounced to be a "perfect savage," and added that "she was in the habit of cowhiding any of her slaves whenever she felt like it, which was quite often."

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

How Denny regarded the matter when he found that George had not only cheated him out of the anticipated delight of cowhiding him, but had also cheated him out of himself is left for the imagination to picture.

The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. William Still

Jones arrived promptly, and when I got ready to do the cowhiding he took the job off my hands.

Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922

They had better, swallow this lie if they want to save their abandoned reptile carcasses the cowhiding they so richly deserve.

Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922

"I don't suppose," he said, in his calm, expressionless drawl, "that you have ever had a cowhiding in your life, have you?"

The Swindler and Other Stories 1910

"Never had a cowhiding in your life, eh?" repeated Kenyon, without moving.

The Swindler and Other Stories 1910

This struggle finally reached the point at which cowhiding, cane thrashing and fisticuffs in the Capitol itself occurred among the candidates, and the jobbery became so openly vile and scandalous, that even a Democratic Legislature concluded it best to temporarily eliminate the jobbery feature of it, and this was done for two years of the Democratic adminisiration.

People's Party Hand-Book of Facts. Campaign of 1898. N.C. 1898