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"Whipping Post" is a song by The Allman Brothers Band. Written by Gregg Allman , the five-minute studio version first appeared on their 1969 debut album The Allman Brothers Band . The song was regularly played live and was the basis for much longer and more intense performances.
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Punishment by whipping-post remained on the books in Delaware until 1972, when it became the last state to abolish it. [14] Delaware was the last state to sentence someone to whipping in 1963; however, the sentence was commuted. The last whipping in Delaware was in 1952. [15] In Portugal today pillory has a different meaning.
This Wikipedia entry doesn't talk about what this song is about. Someone needs to say what a whipping post is. [racist comments expunged] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.204.246.185 23:27, 16 April 2010 (UTC) The Pillory article describes what a whipping post is. It has a long history that has little or nothing to do with slavery.
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Flagellation (Latin flagellum, 'whip'), flogging or whipping is the act of beating the human body with special implements such as whips, rods, switches, the cat o' nine tails, the sjambok, the knout, etc. Typically, flogging has been imposed on an unwilling subject as a punishment; however, it can also be submitted to willingly and even done by ...
In the 17th and 18th centuries, whipping posts were considered indispensable in American and English towns. [67] Starting in 1776, George Washington strongly advocated and utilised judicial corporal punishment in the Continental Army , with due process protection, obtaining in 1776 authority from the Continental Congress to impose 100 lashes ...
On stage, Zappa often altered the lyrics of the song and sometimes even the structure, to great extent. The version featured on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2, ("Whipping Floss") is an example of when he did this. Before the song starts, a fan asks them to play The Allman Brothers Band's song "Whipping Post."