woman-whipper

Updated: May 25, 2025

Had the gentlemanly woman-whipper been seen beating his horse, or his ox, in the manner he beat my poor sister, and that too for no fault which the law could recognize as an offence, he would have been complained of most likely; but as it was, she was but a "slave girl," with whom the slave law allowed her master to do what he pleased.

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

One Thomas Ford, a large, muscular, ferocious-looking fellow, a good specimen of a southern bully and woman-whipper, had been victorious through the day in numerous fights and brawls; but he had to pay dear for it when night came. Some one or more of the vanquished party, took advantage of the dark night to stab him in both sides.

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