whipped, is when someone hits another person f!
             or amusement. She does not go into detail on how it is different, only saying that he is too young to understand. These teachings influence him later in life because he does not let anyone hit him, unless his mother is punishing him for something. He almost never lets anyone besides his mother hit him. This is both bad and good for Richard. It is bad in that it sometimes gets him in trouble with white people while he is in the South.
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