Download The Bostonians Paying The Excise-Man Or Tarring And Feathering Meaning Background. They stand beneath the liberty tree from which a rope with a noose hangs; The men also poured hot tea down malcolm's throat as can be seen.

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Cartoon in mezzotint, published by sayer and bennett, london, 1774. Note the noose hanging on the. We don't use the word today.

This illustration shows the tarring and.

Bostonians mean people that live in boston, ma. What i learned part 1 tarring and feathering was used for public humiliation you could sign a sheet saying you would follow or get tarred and feathered By covering a person in a hot tar and then rolling them in feathers. Tarring and feathering was successfully used as a weapon against the townshend duties (including the tea tax which in parliament they hotly debated how best to punish the bostonians.