Meaning of buck breaking | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of publicly punishing a male slave, typically by flogging him, and in some cases subsequently sexually assaulting or raping him in front of other slaves, in order to humiliate him.

offensive, uncountable

Examples

“One example of this destructive process came in the form of “buck breaking.” This practice involved the breaking of the most masculine, rebellious, and/or influential of the enslaved Black males.”

“Slaves were subject to a process called “buck breaking,” a method that was used by slave owners to strike fear in the observing slaves.”

“As a means of breaking us psychologically, during slavery, white slave masters' implemented the “buck breaking” method.”

“We are playing the devil's game without his infernal name in this good for nothing God forsaken buck breaking society.”

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