He didn't whup us and he said, he didn't want nobody else to whup us.
He didn't whup nobody very often, but he only had to whup 'em jest one time!
Father finally had to whup Joe to make him know he was black.
Whope is sometimes used in the present tense, but whup is more common.
Dey carried 'em down in de woods an' whup dem, den dey throws 'em in de pond, dere bodies breakin' de ice.
Dey tole me I had no marster dat dey had fighted four years to free us an' dat marster would not whup me no more.
One night the man he worked for got up a crowd and come to whup him and take his money away from him.
Dey whup me bad, pull de cloes off down to de wais'—my master did it, our folks didn' have overseer.
Dey whup folks an' had meetin's way off in de woods at midnight.
I never seen 'em whup none but dey tol' us we'd git twen'y-nine licks iffen we got caught by 'em.
