Whipping Boy and His Prince" includes whipping boys in its depictions of Charles I and Charles II of England. Modern slavery Some accounts of modern slavery include instances of slaves punished for the offences of a master's child. In 19th-century southern China, among slave boys as study companions to candidates for the imperial examinations, one example was noted by James L. Watson. In Alex Tizon's 2017 nonfiction essay "My Family's Slave", the author's mother recounts a 1940s incident in which, caught in a lie, she made Lola, the titular servant, receive the punishment of 12 lashes of her father's belt. Biram Dah Abeid has alleged that slaves in Mauritania are used as or whipping boys. See also Fall guy Scapegoat References Sources Citations External links Metaphors referring to people Royal households Obsolete occupations School punishments Whipping History of education Historical controversies Bullying