_:vb6952540 "1839, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, testimony by Henry L. Pinckney (Assembly No. 335), page 44:"@en . _:vb6952540 "[\u2026] he whipped a black man for disobedience of his orders fifty lashes; and again whipped him with a cat, which he wound with wire, about the same number of stripes; [\u2026] he used this cat on one other man, and then destroyed the cat wound with wire."@en .