ወልቃይትና፥ ቋንጃ፥( ham-string) ቆረጣ! Perhaps TPLF stopped that cruel practice!
A Negro Regiment in the service of Spain was doing duty in Florida, and through it the Spanish, who were at dagger's ends with the British colonies, sent out spies who offered inducements to such of the South Carolina slaves as would runaway and join them. Many slaves ran away. Very rigid and extreme laws were passed to prevent slaves from running away, such as branding and cutting the "ham-string" of the leg.