What Really Happens to a Person When They are Tarred and Feathered

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While it’s mostly recognised as being a punishment handed down in colonial times, the history of tarring and feathering stretches back all the way to the crusades and possibly further, with the earliest known recorded reference to the punishment being an edict passed down by Richard the Lionheart in 1189.

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[NightBazaar]

A number of the illustrated images of those applying the tar and feathering seem to be all smiles and having a jolly time.

[massimookissed]

The guilty shall be tarred & feathered, dipped in a secret blend of eleven herbs & spices...

[worddunlap]

I'm allergic to feathers can I be dipped in tepid chocolate and rolled gently in marshmallows?

[michaelterry]

So how do you remove the tar and feathers from your skin? I am very unpopular in my town and I find myself tarred and feathered quite frequently.

[Sleepy.Time.]

moral of the story is keep a gun with a large enough magazine to deal with a mob

[duglife]

Thanks for clarifying this. I am a tax collector for His Majesty in Boston, and I am afraid this will happen to me...

[keanumaikekais]

Maybe it's time to bring this back. I can think of a few politicians who have it coming

[Pants.]

This starts off all happy with him smiling and it’s very unsettling

[Steven_Stanton_Music]

For the longest time I thought that tarring and feathering before the American Revolution was more of a humiliating prank, but now that I know that it was BOILING tar, Jesus Christ that’s brutal

[allahbole]

In the case of Sidney Rigdon, he was tied to a horse by his feet and drug across the frozen ground for some time. Not sure if that was the time the mob tried to force poison down Joseph's throat or during the tar and feathering incident but either way Sidney was never quite the same

[lexalford]

The thing I was taught by an uncle was you take thick tar and boil it in oil or lard to thin it to a consistency of paint when cool. This is how I pictured the tar and feathers happening.

[heyLORDitsme]

thanks for teaching us so much! hope all your hard work pays off big time.

[JS-ccdz]

You deserve way more subs. I can't believe you don't have a million tbh. Keep up the good work!

[BrianH]

Actually, in a High School History class; we watched a video that dealt with this exact topic.  It was one I will not forget.

[bigbenhebdomadarius]

Okay, you've done tarring and feathering. Now do drawing and quartering., and for a bonus point, compare and contrast with burning at the stake.

[canaan]

I have gotten pine tar on me before and you need some sort of solvent to remove it I think I sprayed wd40 on it and got it to wash off and it was just a little tar but back in colonial times with most of your body covered and no solvents readily available you would be tar covers for weeks or months and probably shunned for it

[theactionman]

who is here because of the "stimulus bill."

[kinger]

this is what happened to my tory ancestors

[Ryzenx-vhbv]

That screen shot u showed of the bootlegger from that lawless movie is why I researched this lol. What a coincidence. Great movie btw lol. Thanks for the info