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'''Derby's dose''' was a[[cruel formand ofunusual punishment]] and [[torture]] used in [[Jamaica]] to punish [[slavery|slaves]] who attempted to escape or committed other offenses like stealing food on plantations that were owned or run by [[Thomas Thistlewood]]. According to [[Malcolm Gladwell]] in his 2008 book ''[[Outliers (book)|Outliers]]'', ([[Thomas Thistlewood]] wrote about his outlandish behaviour and disturbing treatment of Jamaican slaves extensively in his 14,000 page diary) "The runaway would be beaten, and salt pickle, lime juice, and [[bird pepper]] would be rubbed into his or her open wounds. Another slave would defecate into the mouth of the miscreant [sic], who would then be gagged, with their mouth full, for four to five hours."<ref name=Gladwell>{{cite book |last=Gladwell |first=Malcolm |authorlink=Malcolm Gladwell |year=2008 |title=[[Outliers (book)|Outliers: The Story of Success]] |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |page=282 |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-0-316-01792-3}}</ref> The punishment was invented by [[Thomas Thistlewood]], a [[plantation]]slave owneroverseer, and named forafter the slave, Derby, who was made to [[defecation|defecate]]undergo onthis thepunishment victim.<refwhen name=race>{{citehe bookwas |last1=Tatecaught |first1=Thadeating W.young |last2=Jordansugar |first2=Winthropcane D.stalks |last3=Skempin |first3=Sheilathe Lfield on 25 May 1756. |year=1987However, |title=Racehistorian andDouglas FamilyHall inpoints theout Colonialthat South:"Derby's Essaysdose" |publisher=Universitywas Pressso-called because it was often administered by one of Mississippihis |page=74slaves |url=http://bookscalled Derby.google.com/books?id=y9F2AAAAMAAJ&q=%22derby%27s+dose%22&dq=%22derby%27s+dose%22&ei=3D<ref>Douglas Hall, ''In Miserable Slavery: Thomas Thistlewood in Jamaica, 1750-iSbG4PIuiyAS4kIyMAg&client=firefox-a&pgis=186'', |accessdate=FebruaryMacmillan, 231999, 2009}}p. 73.</ref>