sentences:  Washington regarded the "passion" with which one of his overseers administered floggings to be counter-productive, and Charlotte's protest that she had not been whipped in fourteen years indicates the frequency with which physical punishment was used.Whippings were administered by overseers after review, a system Washington required to ensure slaves were spared capricious and extreme punishment.Washington did not himself flog slaves, but he did on occasion lash out in a flash of temper with verbal abuse and physical violence when they failed to perform as he expected.