A whipping post at a public plaza in Delaware was removed to fanfare on Wednesday after historians and activists decried its presence as a reminder of systemic racism and injustice. A crowd gathered ...

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GEORGETOWN, Del. (CBS) -- Delaware officials will remove a whipping post from public display at the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown. Officials are removing the whipping post in response to ...

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — An 8-foot (2.4 meters) tall whipping post was removed from a Delaware county courthouse square Wednesday after activists said the post was a reminder of racial discrimination.

Dozens of people gathered Wednesday morning outside the Old Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown as crews worked to take down what's believed to be the state's last whipping post on public display.

For so long, a whipping post on display in Georgetown was a bare representation of barbarity and cruelty, especially for Black people. Now, as part of the Equal Justice Initiative’s Freedom Monument ...

The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs had announced plans Tuesday to take down the post, which was installed in September 1993, noting that it signified “violence and racial ...

GEORGETOWN, Delaware (WPVI) -- An eight-foot tall whipping post has been removed from outside the Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown, Delaware. The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA ...