In 1850 Congress outlawed flogging on board US Navy ships. The ban followed years of petitioning to end the practice. Opposition had increased following the publication of Herman Melville's 1850 novel White-Jacket, which contained a vivid description of the brutality and inhumane nature of flogging.
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