[hanamizu]

I’ve never understood exactly what was involved in ‘tarring and feathering’. (Please don’t be too graphic...)

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It could kill. Strip, or partially strip the victim, pour warm/hot tar all over him and then coat with feathers. If the tar is very hot, it will of course cause burns and the feathers, being less than sanitary might well cause fatal infection. Cleaning the tar before kerosene is going to take some time.

Assuming it’s not fatal, it was, and intended to be the ultimate humiliation.

[Jamestown1630]

Yuk.

I’d rather bring back the pillory. It seems more civilized.