I was watching John Adams on HBO and they tar and feather a customs agent. It looks brutal and it got me wondering whether people survived this sort of thing? What were their injuries like if so?
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Was "tarring and feathering" fatal? And where in the world was it most often done?
How common was tarring and feathering in the American revolutionary period? Also, was this practice supported by revolutionary leadership?
How injurious was tarring and feathering?
I am living in colonial Boston and am tarred and feathered, what is the day it happens like for me?