The flogging of natives was the pillar of British colonialism

One of the Europeans was Russel Bowker, who said it had always been his first principle to flog a nigger on sight who insults a white woman.

“I have always found that where natives are treated with laxity, they become insolent, and when insolent to white women they go further and attempt to commit grave crimes,” he said rather matter-of-factly.

“I felt it my bounden duty to take the step I did, and that in a public place as a warning to the natives,” he added.

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