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There are now but two places on the globe where a woman can be publicly whipped,--in Hungary and in the Southern States!
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “There are now but two places on the globe where a woman can be publicly whipped,--in Hungary and in the Southern States!”
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Mann draws attention to the harsh treatment of women in Hungary and the Southern United States.
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