Tar and Feather the British: 6 Illustrations
Colonists tarring and feathering a tax collector. Published in London in 1774.
“The Bostons paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering.” Published in London in 1774.
This one shows two loyalists (one is tarred and feathered) being escorted by colonists.
Colonist, Loyalist, Devil.
John Malcom, the Boston Commissioner of Customs, was tarred and feathered and hung out his window in January 1774.
The loyalist sitting on the ground is about to be tarred and feathered. Another loyalist hangs from a rope tied around his waist.
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