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Schoolboy being held by another boy so he can be birched by the teacher, while the rest of the class watches with enjoyment. From "The Comic Almanack for 1839: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing 'All Things Fitting For Such a Work' by Rigdum Funnidos, Gent." Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Published by Charles Tilt, London, in 1838.
Pro and Con: Corporal Punishment
Law, Legislation, Document
What Is an Injunction?
ripped torn flag, pirate, skull
Are There Laws on the High Seas?
Woman tied to a ducking stool, a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. (cucking stool)
8 Unusual Punishments Inflicted on Women Throughout History
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Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks
Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu
Were the Nazis Socialists?
Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)
All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - More about Flogging. Dec 03, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - More about Flogging. Jun 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Repercussion of Flogging in Teenagers. Apr 24, 2024
Add new Web site: USS Constitution Museum - History and Quotes Discipline & Flogging in the Navy. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Brief History of Punishment by Flogging in the US Navy. Jan 19, 2024
Added image of prisoner being punished with cat-o'-nine-tails and other prisoners on a penal treadmill. Jul 08, 2010
Added photograph. Sep 01, 2009
Article revised and updated. Aug 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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