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The edition of the Miami Daily News-Record (Miami, Oklahoma) for Wednesday, May 28, 1930, contains on its front page the arrests of five brothers (Isaac, Newton, Henry, Gordon and Charles Starns) from Louisiana accused of tarring and feathering S. L. Newsome, who was a prominent dentist. This was in retaliation for the dentist having an affair ...
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
The October coroner's jury concluded that Kelsey was murdered and that Sammis and five others had aided and abetted through the tar and feathering outrage, yet did not name a murderer. [1] New York Governor John Adams Dix opened a $3,000 reward (equivalent to $76,000 in 2023) for information leading to the conviction of the murderer. [ 4 ]
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 .
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
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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These cartoons include "The Bostonians in Distress," "The Alternative of Williams-Burg," and "The Butcher’s Wife Dressing for the Pantheon." They were of a simple style but made acute observation and comment. In 1774, he produced his most well known work, "Bostonians Paying the Excise-Man, or Tarring and Feathering."