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Tarring and feathering is a form of public torture where a victim is stripped naked, or stripped to the waist, while wood tar (sometimes hot) is either poured or painted onto the person. The victim then either has feathers thrown on them or is rolled around on a pile of feathers so that they stick to the tar.
The story made national news [2] as a sensation and Huntington became called "Tar Town". [1] The Brooklyn Eagle said the incident had stained the image of Long Island with a brutality more befitting of the American frontier. [3] The town's 2,500 residents divided as "Tars" and "Anti-Tars", either supporting or opposing the mob's actions. [1]
Pages in category "Tarring and feathering in the United States" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Malcolm (May 20, 1723 - November 23, 1788) was an American-born customs official and army officer who was the victim of the most publicized tarring and feathering during the American Revolution. Background
One of the two con men being paraded on a rail in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Riding the rail (also called being "run out of town on a rail") was a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers.
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Tarring may refer to: West Tarring, a neighbourhood in Worthing, West Sussex, England Tarring (electoral division), a West Sussex County Council constituency; Tarring (rope) Tarring and feathering; John Tarring (1806–1875), English ecclesiastical architect; Tarring Neville, East Sussex, England