cow-hiding

Updated: May 7, 2025

McGee paid no attention to the request, and he soon received a second note, when he said to his wife: "That fellow is about to turn himself a fool I'll give him a cow-hiding." A third and more emphatic note followed, in which White told the Boss that the rails must be removed within twenty-four hours.

Louis Hughes - Thirty Years a Slave

Helm for a settlement, which was granted, and bidding a final adieu to the "Genesee Country," he departed for Virginia, where he could beat slaves without himself receiving a cow-hiding. No one regretted his absence, nor do I think any but the most heartless would cordially welcome his return to the land of Slavery. Capt.

Austin Steward - Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman: Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years,: While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West

"Oh, my gracious!" gulped Mr. Block. "Now, I'll tell you what would happen up in Copperhead Camp," said Percival, darkly. "They would get a beautiful cow-hiding and then sentenced to wear a ball and chain, day and night, for anywhere from six months to two years, depending largely on the process of regeneration. My experience has been that six months is enough."

George Barr McCutcheon - West Wind Drift