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michaelterry1000 My history teacher told us that they had to use knives to try and cut or peel off the hardened molasses, cutting some of their own skin along with it, exposing their skin to many infections and such.
the oils in your skin will most likely make it easier removing the tar, rather than, if it's happened to you before, getting pine tar for example on your clothes.
In the case of Sidney Rigdon, he was tied to a horse by his feet and drug across the frozen ground for some time. Not sure if that was the time the mob tried to force poison down Joseph's throat or during the tar and feathering incident but either way Sidney was never quite the same
The thing I was taught by an uncle was you take thick tar and boil it in oil or lard to thin it to a consistency of paint when cool. This is how I pictured the tar and feathers happening.
I have gotten pine tar on me before and you need some sort of solvent to remove it I think I sprayed wd40 on it and got it to wash off and it was just a little tar but back in colonial times with most of your body covered and no solvents readily available you would be tar covers for weeks or months and probably shunned for it
Pine tar is quite common on construction sites. Always hated getting it on me , cuz yes it can be difficult to get off. We used gasoline which works really fast but you smell like gasoline till you shower. If that wasn’t an option, it usually took about 4-5 days to ware off with regular showers . The worst part about it is that it collected dirt soon after, so you ended up with something resembling dried mud or a “birthmark” wherever you got it on yourself and more often than not you didn’t even know you had gotten it on yourself till you noticed the “birthmark”.
For the longest time I thought that tarring and feathering before the American Revolution was more of a humiliating prank, but now that I know that it was BOILING tar, Jesus Christ that’s brutal
Interesting. One minor nit -- when you mention Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, a picture appears right when you say, "None other than Joseph Smith." Given the timing, one would assume that the picture is Joseph Smith, but it's Sidney Rigdon. That may just be a timing oddity, but why not show pictures of both men? They're not hard to find.
In the musical "The Music Man" one travelling salesman complains that he was tarred and feathered in some town that threw him out. He exposes his calves and says "See, the hair doesn't grow back"
Although, pitch does have antimicrobial properties to it, so, theoretically, one could survive the burns better if the pitch is left in place. They would also resist lice that would be found in the feathers. Some pluses, I suppose. LOL
That screen shot u showed of the bootlegger from that lawless movie is why I researched this lol. What a coincidence. Great movie btw lol. Thanks for the info
Kevin Worley a couple years ago I read about a mass execution of Saudi criminals by public beheading. And I was sorely disappointed by the commentary on that article that was applauding such barbarism. And I’m a guy who supports the death penalty.
@really sore knee ''Decent'' society doesn't exist, look how fast people turn ''barbaric'' when events even look like turning to shit. Corrupt politicians deserve cruel punishment for their cruel crimes against humanity.
@@robbymayer5987 me too my governor is KKK guy. You know Mr. Black Face. The one who talks about literally murdering children. “It’s a southern lovin voice joe.”
joseph smith (the mormon guy) got it at least once and i guess he was fine. but he was also shot by another mob when he was in jail, fell out of the 2nd story window, and died. so who knows haha
Thomas Brown was a British officer in Georgia who lived for about 40 years after being tarred and feathered, and got rich and bought slaves in Jamaica.
when he said "force fed them acid" at 1:54 did anyone else think he meant LSD? Which honestly sounds pretty horrific. I mean not only are they going to tar and feather them but also make them have a really bad acid trip.
Yaseen Akkad no but there was what they called ergot rye mold which is where LSD was synthesized from that his been around for centuries in all of Europe they used to call it the St. Vitus day dance because during the winter in the rye bread with mold and create the ergot which is what LSD is synthesized from so yes LSD was around in The form of the ergot mold
Honestly, neither the acid or the burns were even that bad. The thing that hurt the most was the fact that one of the guys who beat me up started calling my mother a promiscuous gypsy, and insulted my taste in music before playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on a bagpipe.
Amazingly, despite being tarred and feathered by members of the angry mob, Joseph Smith did not retaliate in anyway. After spending the night removing the tar and feathers, he delivered a sermon at church to a congregation that had members from the mob. He was an awe-inspiring man of God. "The next day was Sunday, and Joseph went at the usual time to worship with the Saints. The group of people he preached to included some members of the mob who had covered him with tar and feathers the night before. Even with his skin scraped and sore, Joseph preached as usual and never mentioned the violence of the night before." As a side note, today is his birthday.
I just watched a scene from the HBO series 'John Adams', and a man got tarred and feathered, which is why I'm here. I couldn't get his name through the video as it wasn't said, there was no description, and the comments were disabled. But after a bit of searching I found the name 'John Malcolm', who was tarred and feathered in Boston on January 25th, 1774. I just wanted to ask, was John the man from the clip I saw? I'm sure someone has to have seen it.
I had a teacher in college who covered this scene during the American revolution. He described the act of tar and feathering as brutal and barbarous. And uses a clip from that mini series "John Adams" to show us all how horrible it was Of course, this was bullshit. They didn't use the black tar we think of or the star portrayed in the clip. But the funny thing is I sent him this video and talked to him about it yet he still denied it. He had already made up his mind and there's nothing anyone could tell him differently, leastnof all a smart ass freshman. If you're an expert on something, don't be a prick about it. You can be wrong and still be an expert. An expert who can admit that is a special expert indeed.
yeah and 1% of people in the US being in prison isn't... brutal or barbarous... eh?? really the only difference is that they are out of sight and out of mind, and if anything this increases crime because would be criminals are less deterred.
I always thought the whole point was to make them look like a chicken, thus humiliating them. I couldn't tell you where, but I swear I've seen or heard of a less-lethal method of honey-ing and feathering.
The feathers were extremely painful to remove. They would be stuck to the person, and they would have to be pulled off one by one. Probably taking some skin with the feather.
Babidi - The feathering was done as entertainment for the flocks of people watching... It was for comedic effect... These days we just watch TH-cam Cat Videos.
claws Ryan Lots of mumbling,too. I thought it was just me. Had I not been a native English speaker,I would have gotten absolutely nothing out of the video
claws - Obviously , there is something wrong with your system, for I had no problem hearing it at all! I don't know why your volume would be low, but I hope you can figure it out!
Coal tar would not necessarily mean that infection could arise - in this same period it was discovered that coal tar had antiseptic qualities - in fact navy surgeons discovered this as when a sailor had a limb removed the normal practice was to brush the exposed end with coal tar - this would result in very little infection - from this discovery there came the work of Joseph Lister and carbolic (coal tar) antiseptics - perhaps this is why those who were badly burnt by pitch/coal tar did not go on to succumb to bacterial infection from their wounds.
In harsher times that often called for harsher measures, back when people couldn't sit in an air conditioned room behind a computer and type about how cruel people are.
a former State Historian from Texas told our high school history class that confinement in wooden stocks for many Saturdays in a row and sometimes tar and feathering was used on first time offenders in many states & territories the 1800s because the food was so bad in penitentiaries that a lot of young prisoners ended up with deformed spines and rickets by the time of their release, so people knew that imprisonment ended up as a life sentence of disability. so the humiliation punishments were used locally instead because they didn't have serious after affects.
In the excellent mini series, "John Adams", there is a very graphic scene in which the British Crown's Port Representative was stripped nude, and first a swab of tar run down his chest, followed by tar being poured over him. The actor's depiction of the agony of the process was very convincing. I believe, historically, the records state he died of his burns. Though I knew I was watching a dramatization, it was very well done, (no pun intended) and horrifying. People these days tend to be quite insouciant about tarring and feathering... but it was a dreadful punishment.
A guy called Thomas Brown got it even worse, after being tarred and feathered they burned him alive and scalped him, despite this he survived and lived to be 74
I think we could bring back tarn feathering they're definitely some crimes that it should be utilized for as well as shyster lawyers when they lose a case
Yeah I'm thinking the 'nude or seminude state' they were paraded through town in was not really of any concern itself. Aside from the fact that nudity was extremely common at all times prior to the Industrial Revolution, being covered head to toe in both pitch and feathers would kind of cover everything up. What I am wonder is if part of the intention was not just that it would be difficult to remove, but difficult enough that most people would simply have to wait weeks until their skin grew enough for the layer the tar was stuck to to slough off? That way it was a bit of a lasting punishment? Back in those days, public punishment was a very big deal. The original purpose of priests and the penances they assigned after confessions were not to obtain forgiveness of any diety, but to publicly display contrition and to obtain forgiveness from ones local community. That's why penances were typically things like wearing sackcloth for a week, or other very visible public things.
being nude was part of it buddy it might not have been uncommon in a normal manner but when strutted around like a human sized chicken it applies more shame to the person plus if they poured the tar on a persons clothing they could just take off the clothing. Also, there are a few know cases, where a woman found guilty of adultery, was forced to walk naked around the city as a form of punishment
I'd like to point out that there are other methods besides heating to get tar liquid enough to dip somebody in at suriviable temperatures, such as mixing it with gasoline, or naphta as it would have been called then.
more research is needed . if the pitch wasn't hot enough to kill then it was used to ; 1 help the feathers stick 2 make them stick a while 3 cause some mild burns so the question is ; what do the feathers mean? they must have some symbolic gesture. Feathers were used for many things; soft, insulate.....? of course its humiliating to be subjected to this treatment, but this wasn't simply pulled out of thin air the feathers had to be saying something specific.
lol I was thinking about this today and asked "So what exactly happens when someone is tarred and feathers? Do they die? Do they move on to another town?" And then I thought "I bet Simon has a video on that." You never fail to disappoint!!
They used to do it to American slaves all the time. But, my family reports they used the boiling kind and were usually hanged afterward. They have pictures of Black Americans in postcards where this was done as recently as the 1960's as part of lynching.
Up until recently, I never understood this in history since I had only heard of tar and feathering being done as an elaborate prank in college with some sort of sticky substance like honey, molasses, syrup or at worst glue. But knowing now they used heated tar.....it makes me cringe. I wonder if this is the root of that expression "being branded a criminal for life" cause it seems like those who did survive literally had the scars for probably most of their lives. but that being said interesting piece of history, thanks for the video.
@@andreasobuaculla9511 So... the Biden's and the Clintons? Since those are the only ones that stick out as having much in the way of provable blatant political corruption. The others are a bit sketchy but not politically.
Wasn't the threat of burning alive also part of the torture? I thought that was part of the reason for the feathers (the other reason being to make them look ridiculous).
Simon, tThat all depends on how hot the tar is and its melting point. Some tars and saps have a low melting point, but some tars have a melting point of several hundred degrees F. In order to survive you have to have a certain amount of skin. You can not live without your skin. Try sticking your hand in boiling water. That is olyh about 200 F. Roof asphalt melts around 500 F. If you poor a sufficient amount of melted asphalt over a person's body, I guarantee you they will die. And you would be doing them a service if you shoot them in the head before they suffer too long. Simon, if you really want to know about Taring, go visit a Hospital Burn Unit. Been there. Done that.
I would have liked to have learned how they got the tar off, and when they stopped tarring people. I had no idea it wasn't fatal. Even now, that's hard to imagine.
ive always thought that the Japanese samurais had it right when they assasinate and execute corrupt politicians, but tarring and feathering might actually be even better for these people
I am frequently asked what political party I advocate. I think we should bring back the taring and feathering party! "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
Urgent cry for assistance! Please send as much tar and feathers to Washington, D.C. as possible. And if possible send via the fastest means of transport! Lol?!
We really need to bring tar and feather back. Especially in Washington D.C. We could have this awesome event everyday as there's an abundance of traitors eligible.
No, that's a picture of Sidney Rigdon in his later life; Joseph Smith Sr. died in 1840 and it would have been just too early for there to be any photographs of him (especially of that quality). And Joseph Smith Jr. never reached an age to look like that (he was 38 when he died).
As late as WWII my great grandfather, who was forbidden from going to war as a farmer, received many feathers in the mail threatening him with just this as people viewed him as a traitor.
Women collaborators after the liberation were often tarred and feathered after being stripped naked and having there heads shaved. Sometimes it was just there heads, but usually there crotches got tarred and feathered also. OUCH!!
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A number of the illustrated images of those applying the tar and feathering seem to be all smiles and having a jolly time.
They are humans. You know, the most evil creature on the planet.
@@DrivenA111 they're probably doing it to a thief. Or a rapist. Or worse, a lot of the times
@@Intestine_Ballin-ism That's obvious. The point is that you shouldn't find glee doing this... doesn't matter who it is.
@@Intestine_Ballin-ism Or worse, a politician
@@frederickbarbarossa7961 so.. All of what I mentioned combined..
I'm allergic to feathers can I be dipped in tepid chocolate and rolled gently in marshmallows?
I think the marshmallows would would stick by themselves.
Are you allergic to nuts as well? If not, have them dip you in almonds or peanuts as well.
And shredded coconut, you can't forget the coconut.
@@4thandinches I'll dip your chin on these nuts!
Save it for the fourth of July.
So how do you remove the tar and feathers from your skin? I am very unpopular in my town and I find myself tarred and feathered quite frequently.
michaelterry1000 My history teacher told us that they had to use knives to try and cut or peel off the hardened molasses, cutting some of their own skin along with it, exposing their skin to many infections and such.
Leave It on til it lubricates and falls off naturally.
It will come off when the burned skin sheds.
the oils in your skin will most likely make it easier removing the tar, rather than, if it's happened to you before, getting pine tar for example on your clothes.
A non-polar solvent, such as turpentine.
The guilty shall be tarred & feathered, dipped in a secret blend of eleven herbs & spices...
Kentucky Fried Criminals.
Mmmm.
Wtf, why does this horrendous thought make me laugh >_< :/
relik0fages because we're awful people. :D
Vaunt D'ananas And also because it's a partial KFC reference... :P
Colton Rushton ...yes thank you cpt obvious
moral of the story is keep a gun with a large enough magazine to deal with a mob
Sleepy .Time Good luck with that in Midevil times.
Sleepy .Time and why are angry mobs frequenting you?
Here's a novel idea... DON'T BE A SHIT-HEAD. :o)
LOL at people like this that think guns make them gods. Lol if u kill a mob of people u are about to have more serious problems on ur hands. Gl
Chris Rodier but the mob will no longer be a problem.
Fuck antifa
Thanks for clarifying this. I am a tax collector for His Majesty in Boston, and I am afraid this will happen to me...
In the case of Sidney Rigdon, he was tied to a horse by his feet and drug across the frozen ground for some time. Not sure if that was the time the mob tried to force poison down Joseph's throat or during the tar and feathering incident but either way Sidney was never quite the same
@FactsOverFeelings Matter You're a nasty person. They did not.
Sidney Rigdon received considerable injuries to his head specifically as a result.
Maybe it's time to bring this back. I can think of a few politicians who have it coming
The thing I was taught by an uncle was you take thick tar and boil it in oil or lard to thin it to a consistency of paint when cool. This is how I pictured the tar and feathers happening.
I have gotten pine tar on me before and you need some sort of solvent to remove it I think I sprayed wd40 on it and got it to wash off and it was just a little tar but back in colonial times with most of your body covered and no solvents readily available you would be tar covers for weeks or months and probably shunned for it
Yeah, lighter fluid, paint thinner, butane and different other oils and petroleum derived products also work.
You can get it off with just soap, if that's all you had. But it sure takes some rubbing. >.>
Maxx Kroes work better on arm pit and pubic regions
nasty stuff
Pine tar is quite common on construction sites. Always hated getting it on me , cuz yes it can be difficult to get off. We used gasoline which works really fast but you smell like gasoline till you shower. If that wasn’t an option, it usually took about 4-5 days to ware off with regular showers . The worst part about it is that it collected dirt soon after, so you ended up with something resembling dried mud or a “birthmark” wherever you got it on yourself and more often than not you didn’t even know you had gotten it on yourself till you noticed the “birthmark”.
Okay, you've done tarring and feathering. Now do drawing and quartering., and for a bonus point, compare and contrast with burning at the stake.
Wowwwza 😂😂😂
Actually, in a High School History class; we watched a video that dealt with this exact topic. It was one I will not forget.
For the longest time I thought that tarring and feathering before the American Revolution was more of a humiliating prank, but now that I know that it was BOILING tar, Jesus Christ that’s brutal
I always thought that most people would die from this. Thanks for educating me.
Interesting. One minor nit -- when you mention Sidney Rigdon and Joseph Smith, a picture appears right when you say, "None other than Joseph Smith." Given the timing, one would assume that the picture is Joseph Smith, but it's Sidney Rigdon. That may just be a timing oddity, but why not show pictures of both men? They're not hard to find.
There aren't any surviving photographs of Joseph Smith that I know of. He also mispronounced Rigdon.
+Firewolf Knight: True, there are no photographs, but there are dozens (or hundreds) of paintings and he does use images of other paintings.
good to know.
Wait! There is even a couple of paintings of this event!
They do have a face cast of joseph smith so that's how they know his features.
In the musical "The Music Man" one travelling salesman complains that he was tarred and feathered in some town that threw him out. He exposes his calves and says "See, the hair doesn't grow back"
this is what happened to my tory ancestors
Although, pitch does have antimicrobial properties to it, so, theoretically, one could survive the burns better if the pitch is left in place. They would also resist lice that would be found in the feathers. Some pluses, I suppose. LOL
and it just so happens that your skin is microbial, probably not great
That screen shot u showed of the bootlegger from that lawless movie is why I researched this lol. What a coincidence. Great movie btw lol. Thanks for the info
You deserve way more subs. I can't believe you don't have a million tbh. Keep up the good work!
thanks for teaching us so much! hope all your hard work pays off big time.
My last name is Tarr :(
You should become partner with a Mr. feather and start a law office called Tarr and Feather.
The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Feather - Edgar Allen Poe.
Wow, my last name is Feather
+dannyboy12357 😂👉👍✌
TheTarrMan Tarr is a peasant name
this is something we should do to corrupt politicians
really sore knee
Well said. This should never be done to someone for politics crimes. Easily the dumbest thing I’ve read all day
@really sore knee WRONG
Kevin Worley a couple years ago I read about a mass execution of Saudi criminals by public beheading. And I was sorely disappointed by the commentary on that article that was applauding such barbarism. And I’m a guy who supports the death penalty.
@really sore knee ''Decent'' society doesn't exist, look how fast people turn ''barbaric'' when events even look like turning to shit. Corrupt politicians deserve cruel punishment for their cruel crimes against humanity.
@@nadir4399 shut the fuck up feminist
You deserve more subs
+John Lecuyer Thanks!
who is here because of the "stimulus bill."
Been here all 2020
Heard. We heading to Home Depot later to grab parts for a guillotine as well? These pigs deserve it.
Based
Lol democrat governor brought me here
@@robbymayer5987 me too my governor is KKK guy. You know Mr. Black Face. The one who talks about literally murdering children.
“It’s a southern lovin voice joe.”
Have there been any records of how the victims lived their lives afterwards?
Nephlim14 Quietly.
@@bruceleroy8063
Quietly 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I cannot stop laughing
joseph smith (the mormon guy) got it at least once and i guess he was fine. but he was also shot by another mob when he was in jail, fell out of the 2nd story window, and died. so who knows haha
@@bruceleroy8063 That or they moved to Britain.
Thomas Brown was a British officer in Georgia who lived for about 40 years after being tarred and feathered, and got rich and bought slaves in Jamaica.
Pine resin also has disinfecting and wound-healing properties.
when he said "force fed them acid" at 1:54 did anyone else think he meant LSD? Which honestly sounds pretty horrific. I mean not only are they going to tar and feather them but also make them have a really bad acid trip.
Chris Kounterstrike LSD wasn't even synthesised back then :/
Yaseen Akkad no but there was what they called ergot rye mold which is where LSD was synthesized from that his been around for centuries in all of Europe they used to call it the St. Vitus day dance because during the winter in the rye bread with mold and create the ergot which is what LSD is synthesized from so yes LSD was around in The form of the ergot mold
LSD FOR THE LDS!
Honestly, neither the acid or the burns were even that bad. The thing that hurt the most was the fact that one of the guys who beat me up started calling my mother a promiscuous gypsy, and insulted my taste in music before playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on a bagpipe.
It was most likely nitric or sulfuric acid. It would have left nasty chemical burns in the mouth, tongue, and esophagus.
Amazingly, despite being tarred and feathered by members of the angry mob, Joseph Smith did not retaliate in anyway. After spending the night removing the tar and feathers, he delivered a sermon at church to a congregation that had members from the mob. He was an awe-inspiring man of God.
"The next day was Sunday, and Joseph went at the usual time to worship with the Saints. The group of people he preached to included some members of the mob who had covered him with tar and feathers the night before. Even with his skin scraped and sore, Joseph preached as usual and never mentioned the violence of the night before."
As a side note, today is his birthday.
I just watched a scene from the HBO series 'John Adams', and a man got tarred and feathered, which is why I'm here. I couldn't get his name through the video as it wasn't said, there was no description, and the comments were disabled. But after a bit of searching I found the name 'John Malcolm', who was tarred and feathered in Boston on January 25th, 1774. I just wanted to ask, was John the man from the clip I saw? I'm sure someone has to have seen it.
Wow, this dude has changed...a LOT in the last four years...
Awesome work, great presentation 😎
thanks for being considerate of us Smartphone viewers!
no tar or feathers for you, today!
Time we bring this back.
Need to bring this back for tyrannical governors etc
I had a teacher in college who covered this scene during the American revolution. He described the act of tar and feathering as brutal and barbarous.
And uses a clip from that mini series "John Adams" to show us all how horrible it was
Of course, this was bullshit. They didn't use the black tar we think of or the star portrayed in the clip. But the funny thing is I sent him this video and talked to him about it yet he still denied it. He had already made up his mind and there's nothing anyone could tell him differently, leastnof all a smart ass freshman.
If you're an expert on something, don't be a prick about it. You can be wrong and still be an expert. An expert who can admit that is a special expert indeed.
yeah and 1% of people in the US being in prison isn't... brutal or barbarous... eh?? really the only difference is that they are out of sight and out of mind, and if anything this increases crime because would be criminals are less deterred.
At 1:55 what type of acid is meant? Sulphuric or the hallucinogen?
Mister SatisfieD 満足 hydrochloric, citric, malic.... could be any number of the many acids.
I get the hot tar angle of the punishment but why were feathers part of it, why would that make it more humiliating
hmm good point, gotta laugh at something i guess.
I always thought the whole point was to make them look like a chicken, thus humiliating them. I couldn't tell you where, but I swear I've seen or heard of a less-lethal method of honey-ing and feathering.
The feathers were extremely painful to remove. They would be stuck to the person, and they would have to be pulled off one by one. Probably taking some skin with the feather.
Babidi - The feathering was done as entertainment for the flocks of people watching... It was for comedic effect... These days we just watch TH-cam Cat Videos.
those poor bastards who never had cat video's, they never truly lived did they.
the audio on this video is so quiet. even maxed I can hardly hear.
claws Ryan
Lots of mumbling,too.
I thought it was just me.
Had I not been a native English speaker,I would have gotten absolutely nothing out of the video
claws - Obviously , there is something wrong with your system, for I had no problem hearing it at all! I don't know why your volume would be low, but I hope you can figure it out!
nightlightabcd. might be so. but the ads were blowing my ears out. I'll tinker with my settings. seems to be just this video for me.
claws Ryan - But you don't have low volume with other videos?
I like the concept! We need to institute this today !!!
Coal tar would not necessarily mean that infection could arise - in this same period it was discovered that coal tar had antiseptic qualities - in fact navy surgeons discovered this as when a sailor had
a limb removed the normal practice was to brush the exposed end with coal tar - this would result in very little infection - from this discovery there came the work of Joseph Lister and carbolic (coal tar) antiseptics - perhaps this is why those who were badly burnt by pitch/coal tar did not go on to succumb to bacterial infection from their wounds.
I was traumatized when our teacher showed us some one getting tarred 💀
Make tarring and feathering great again ❤️
Holy cow. It’s a naked faced SIMON
In harsher times that often called for harsher measures, back when people couldn't sit in an air conditioned room behind a computer and type about how cruel people are.
a former State Historian from Texas told our high school history class that confinement in wooden stocks for many Saturdays in a row and sometimes tar and feathering was used on first time offenders in many states & territories the 1800s because the food was so bad in penitentiaries that a lot of young prisoners ended up with deformed spines and rickets by the time of their release, so people knew that imprisonment ended up as a life sentence of disability. so the humiliation punishments were used locally instead because they didn't have serious after affects.
The title was an image in my history book at school i read yesterday
Geoff its the same image from brozzers that i yerk too
In the excellent mini series, "John Adams", there is a very graphic scene in which the British Crown's Port Representative was stripped nude, and first a swab of tar run down his chest, followed by tar being poured over him. The actor's depiction of the agony of the process was very convincing. I believe, historically, the records state he died of his burns. Though I knew I was watching a dramatization, it was very well done, (no pun intended) and horrifying. People these days tend to be quite insouciant about tarring and feathering... but it was a dreadful punishment.
A guy called Thomas Brown got it even worse, after being tarred and feathered they burned him alive and scalped him, despite this he survived and lived to be 74
HOLY CRIPES!!!! A naked faced Simon!!!!
I love your videos
I think we could bring back tarn feathering they're definitely some crimes that it should be utilized for as well as shyster lawyers when they lose a case
Yeah I'm thinking the 'nude or seminude state' they were paraded through town in was not really of any concern itself. Aside from the fact that nudity was extremely common at all times prior to the Industrial Revolution, being covered head to toe in both pitch and feathers would kind of cover everything up. What I am wonder is if part of the intention was not just that it would be difficult to remove, but difficult enough that most people would simply have to wait weeks until their skin grew enough for the layer the tar was stuck to to slough off? That way it was a bit of a lasting punishment? Back in those days, public punishment was a very big deal. The original purpose of priests and the penances they assigned after confessions were not to obtain forgiveness of any diety, but to publicly display contrition and to obtain forgiveness from ones local community. That's why penances were typically things like wearing sackcloth for a week, or other very visible public things.
being nude was part of it buddy it might not have been uncommon in a normal manner but when strutted around like a human sized chicken it applies more shame to the person plus if they poured the tar on a persons clothing they could just take off the clothing. Also, there are a few know cases, where a woman found guilty of adultery, was forced to walk naked around the city as a form of punishment
I have a request: what can you tell us about the history of being rode out of town on a rail?
I'd like to point out that there are other methods besides heating to get tar liquid enough to dip somebody in at suriviable temperatures, such as mixing it with gasoline, or naphta as it would have been called then.
Wow. I feel exhausted. How many words per minute was that on average? I did a random spot check and counted 172
more research is needed . if the pitch wasn't hot enough to kill then it was used to ;
1 help the feathers stick
2 make them stick a while
3 cause some mild burns
so the question is ; what do the feathers mean? they must have some symbolic gesture. Feathers were used for many things; soft, insulate.....? of course its humiliating to be subjected to this treatment, but this wasn't simply pulled out of thin air the feathers had to be saying something specific.
This sounds stupid, but maybe it is to make the victim look like a chicken? I don't know
good for tax collectors
Stonks
You wouldnt have to force feed me acid lol
As long as it's a lysergic
TAR AND FEATHER AGAIN 2020 🇺🇸
love the videos. but the volume is really low in most the videos.
Ah the good old days!
This should be for every politician who lies❤
lol I was thinking about this today and asked "So what exactly happens when someone is tarred and feathers? Do they die? Do they move on to another town?" And then I thought "I bet Simon has a video on that." You never fail to disappoint!!
They used to do it to American slaves all the time. But, my family reports they used the boiling kind and were usually hanged afterward. They have pictures of Black Americans in postcards where this was done as recently as the 1960's as part of lynching.
Nice information, btw you look similar to Jhonny Sins
1:44
It's Rigdon. Not Ridgedon.
Up until recently, I never understood this in history since I had only heard of tar and feathering being done as an elaborate prank in college with some sort of sticky substance like honey, molasses, syrup or at worst glue. But knowing now they used heated tar.....it makes me cringe. I wonder if this is the root of that expression "being branded a criminal for life" cause it seems like those who did survive literally had the scars for probably most of their lives.
but that being said interesting piece of history, thanks for the video.
Being branded was different. Just like cattle being branded in cowboy movies.
we need to bring this back for corrupt cops
what about corrupt presidents and their famillies
@@andreasobuaculla9511 So... the Biden's and the Clintons? Since those are the only ones that stick out as having much in the way of provable blatant political corruption. The others are a bit sketchy but not politically.
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There's a tarring & feathering scene in the TV show Carnivale, and it's horrifying.
Wasn't the threat of burning alive also part of the torture? I thought that was part of the reason for the feathers (the other reason being to make them look ridiculous).
Jesus...That last guy got goT!🐓
He looks like a tall newborn.
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Baby smooth skin tho. Lol
Thank you for portraying history and religion facts correctly.
How do you know the history "facts" are portrayed correctly? You don't know unless you were there.
We need to bring this back
Fax
10 years ur still here?
@@Gamingwithhorsey hell yeah 😂 I’m all about my liberty
@@AbolishTheATF lol 😂
3:22 -Looks like Peter Grant caught someone recording a Led Zeppelin concert!
Oh Mr. Newsoooooooome!
Simon, tThat all depends on how hot the tar is and its melting point.
Some tars and saps have a low melting point, but some tars have a melting point of
several hundred degrees F.
In order to survive you have to have a certain amount of skin.
You can not live without your skin.
Try sticking your hand in boiling water. That is olyh about 200 F.
Roof asphalt melts around 500 F.
If you poor a sufficient amount of melted asphalt over a person's body,
I guarantee you they will die.
And you would be doing them a service if you shoot them in the head before they suffer too long.
Simon, if you really want to know about Taring, go visit a Hospital Burn Unit.
Been there. Done that.
This made me sad, idk😓.
People can be so f-ed up.
I got some pine tar on my hands once, and nothing gets that shit off. I eventually had to wash my hands with gasoline.
You used my local paper as a source!
I would have liked to have learned how they got the tar off, and when they stopped tarring people. I had no idea it wasn't fatal. Even now, that's hard to imagine.
People used to be so clever about torturing other people.
A worse for of punishment would be the "microwave" as seen in the movie "Elite Squad".
This needs to be done to the media and Big Tech
ive always thought that the Japanese samurais had it right when they assasinate and execute corrupt politicians, but tarring and feathering might actually be even better for these people
I am frequently asked what political party I advocate. I think we should bring back the taring and feathering party! "When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."
Welcome to the Libertarian Party. Make Tax Collectors Birds Again!
Aztecs used this form of tar and feathering for the gladiatorial ritual sacrifices to the Jaguar god Tezcatlipoca
When they tried it for the chicken god, the Spanish came. Coincidence? I think not.
Urgent cry for assistance! Please send as much tar and feathers to Washington, D.C. as possible. And if possible send via the fastest means of transport! Lol?!
They have cold "tar" these days for driveway coating and foundation applications and non allergenic feathers so play nice
lmao a thoughtful tar and feathering.
We really need to bring tar and feather back. Especially in Washington D.C. We could have this awesome event everyday as there's an abundance of traitors eligible.
You mean like the ones trying to overthrow a legitimate election? The ones more concerned with obstructing the party in control than in governing?
I wish we could do this for rapist, molesters and wife beaters.
i heard a problem with this is that it clogs the pores permanently and this can eventually kill you. anyone else heard this?
Ya i remember hearing this in school awhile ago
Now do one on keelhauling and other maritime punishments (kiss the gunner's daughter, etc.).
whiterabbit75 I support this
John Beauvais
Navy punishments back int the wooden sailing ship days were way harsh.
whiterabbit75 Well just look at the whips that were used on ships of the era.
John Beauvais
True 'nuff. Flogging was no joke.
whiterabbit75 Still isn't, high velocity leather beats skin every time
I can see my reflection on your head
And???? 😯
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That's art
You had a picture of the wrong Joseph Smith. Rigdon and JS Jr. were young men at the time, in their 30s. That is a picture of JS Sr.
No, that's a picture of Sidney Rigdon in his later life; Joseph Smith Sr. died in 1840 and it would have been just too early for there to be any photographs of him (especially of that quality). And Joseph Smith Jr. never reached an age to look like that (he was 38 when he died).
It didn't make sense until the end when he said non petroleum based tar with a lower melting point like 130-140.
As late as WWII my great grandfather, who was forbidden from going to war as a farmer, received many feathers in the mail threatening him with just this as people viewed him as a traitor.
Feathers were sometimes a symbol of cowardice -- if that's all he received, it was likely the only intended message.
Women collaborators after the liberation were often tarred and feathered after being stripped naked and having there heads shaved. Sometimes it was just there heads, but usually there crotches got tarred and feathered also. OUCH!!