The 'Chicote' or whip made of hippo hide which figures so much in Congo history. It is not unlike the kurbash of the Sudan, but this particular form of whip and its name - chicote - was invented by the Portuguese slave-traders of the eighteenth century.
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The 'Chicote' or whip made of hippo hide which figures so much in Congo history. It is not unlike the kurbash of the Sudan, but this particular form of whip and its name - chicote - was invented by the Portuguese slave-traders of the eighteenth century.
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Date Issued: 1908
Place: London
Publisher: Hutchinson & Co.
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
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RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR2394152-B
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11576476
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 80f48460-c6dd-012f-3276-3c075448cc4b
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The 'Chicote' or whip made of hippo hide which figures so much in Congo history. It is not unlike the kurbash of the Sudan, but this particular form of whip and its name - chicote - was invented by the Portuguese slave-traders of the eighteenth century." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80f48460-c6dd-012f-3276-3c075448cc4b
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1908). The 'Chicote' or whip made of hippo hide which figures so much in Congo history. It is not unlike the kurbash of the Sudan, but this particular form of whip and its name - chicote - was invented by the Portuguese slave-traders of the eighteenth century. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80f48460-c6dd-012f-3276-3c075448cc4b
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "The 'Chicote' or whip made of hippo hide which figures so much in Congo history. It is not unlike the kurbash of the Sudan, but this particular form of whip and its name - chicote - was invented by the Portuguese slave-traders of the eighteenth century." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80f48460-c6dd-012f-3276-3c075448cc4b
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