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To: longnshort who wrote (2458)	7/28/2005 12:44:08 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541982

And many of them were severely punished, and some were killed.

To: longnshort who wrote (2458)	7/28/2005 12:48:47 PM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541982

But there were plenty of British Citizens and supporters in the US, .. and they were in for a heap of trouble: One of the favourite pastimes of the mob was to tar and feather "obnoxious Tories." The tar was usually heated before the victim was stripped naked. The hissing tar was poured over the victim's head, shoulder, chest and back and feathers were placed over the pine tar. The victim was then paraded about the streets in a cart for all the townspeople to see what happens to supporters of the British government. geocities.com Some of the revolutionary leaders encouraged the sadistics acts of the mobs. In December 1776 the Provincial Congress of New York went so far as to order the Committee of Public Safety to purchase all the pitch and tar necessary for the public's use and safety.