Assertion: slave | /r/HasProperty | whipped with such inhuman severity
Facets:
value: to lacerate his or her flesh
type: PURPOSE
value: as a mode of punishment
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: As a mode of punishment, a slave is whipped with such inhuman severity, as to lacerate and mangle his or her flesh in the most shocking manner, leaving permanent scars and ridges; then, hurting substances such as salt pickle, lime juice, hot brine, turpentine or bird pepper would be rubbed into his or her open wounds.