Editing Flagellation (section)

===Use against slaves===
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[[File:Johann Moritz Rugendas in Brazil 2.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Public flogging of a slave in [[Brazil]] – work of German painter [[Johann Moritz Rugendas]] (1802–1858)]]

[[File:Scourged back by McPherson & Oliver, 1863, retouched.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|An African-American slave named [[Gordon (slave)|Gordon]], photo taken at [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], 1863; the scars are clearly visible because of [[keloid]] formation]]

Whipping has been used as a form of discipline on slaves.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The horrors of slavery, 1805 {{!}} Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |url=https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/horrors-slavery-1805 |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=www.gilderlehrman.org}}</ref> It was routinely carried out during the period of [[slavery in the United States]], by slave owners and their slaves. The power was also given to slave "patrolers," an early form of police forces who were authorized to whip any slave who violated the [[slave codes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slave Patrol Contract, 1856 {{!}} Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |url=https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/slave-patrol-contract-1856 |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=www.gilderlehrman.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Southern Slave Patrols as a Transitional Police Type {{!}} Office of Justice Programs |url=https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/southern-slave-patrols-transitional-police-type |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=www.ojp.gov}}</ref> Historians have shown that [[George Washington|President George Washington]] approved of the whipping of enslaved people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resistance and Punishment {{!}} George Washington's Mount Vernon |url= https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/resistance-and-punishment |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=www.mountvernon.org}}</ref> According to historian Michael Dickman, "[Slave-owners] used the whip as a tool to enforce this vision of society. Slaves, on the other hand, through their victimization and punishment, viewed the whip as the physical manifestation of their oppression under slavery." In 1863, a photo known as "Whipped Peter" circulated widely. The photo depicts an enslaved man who bears welts across his back from being whipped. The image sparked outcry against the brutality of slavery, and contributed to anti-slavery sentiment during the Civil War.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2023 |title=The Shocking Photo of 'Whipped Peter' That Made Slavery's Brutality Impossible to Deny |url=https://www.history.com/news/whipped-peter-slavery-photo-scourged-back-real-story-civil-war |access-date=13 December 2024 |website= history.com}}</ref>