Did People Really Throw Tar And Feathers On Each Other?

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

It's true -- people used to throw tar on other people, then shake feathers on them as a specific form of legally-sanctioned punishment. Where did the concept of tarring and feathering a person actually come from, and how did it spread throughout the world?

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0:00.0	Radiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio.
0:03.0	Welcome to the show Radiculous Historians. As always, thank you so much for tuning in
0:33.0	many positive exercises to my next live preview.
0:40.0	We're waiting to order 230 breakdowns to Chen Sumr-M welche.
0:45.3	wax.
0:55.1	I have a court of public opinion before they get to a court of law.
0:59.8	Canceled.
1:00.8	Yeah, canceled.
1:01.8	But what would you say is the most enduring public humiliation that happens today?
1:11.7	Hi, I'm Ben.
1:12.7	Hi, I'm Noel.
1:14.1	Public spankings.
1:16.0	People are doing that right?
1:17.3	That's it really?
1:18.3	Well, anything that happens in the stockade, because they can just do with you what they
1:23.3	will.
1:24.3	They've got you all prone and strapped up and people can publicly spank you if they wish.
1:30.1	I guess you could kick them or something, but they also throw vegetables at you.
1:33.5	That one.
1:34.5	Pillar E, is that what they call that?
1:35.5	And they just kind of have you out in the square.
1:37.1	Yeah, that's a nasty one.
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