Tarring and feathering
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tarring-and-feathering-206-2289192
title:
Tarring and feathering
text:
Tarring and feathering is a form of public torture where a victim is stripped naked, or stripped to the waist, while wood tar 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. Used to enforce unofficial justice or revenge, it was used in medieval Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, as well as the early American frontier, mostly as a form of vigilante justice. The
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Form of public torture and humiliation
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarring_and_feathering
date created:
2003-06-01T13:52:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:23:06Z
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