Natives and colored men were Flogged for whatever offence they happened to be found guilty of.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
He bore a mortal grudge to all kinds of study also, ever since he had been Flogged about an unintelligible book when he was a boy.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Yet the idea of school was not unfamiliar; how, otherwise, could he laugh as he did at the absurdity of forgetting all about it, especially being Flogged?
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan