The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring & featheri

The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring and feathering. Print shows five men forcing a tarred and feathered customs officer to drink from a teapot, a bucket and a liberty cap are on the ground at his feet. They stand beneath the Liberty Tree from which a rope with a noose hangs; in the background, shadowy figures on a ship dump tea overboard. Date 1774 Octr. 31. The Bostonian's paying the excise-man, or tarring and feathering. Print shows five men forcing a tarred and feathered customs officer to drink from a teapot, a bucket and a liberty cap are on the ground at his feet. They stand beneath the Liberty Tree from which a rope with a noose hangs; in the background, shadowy figures on a ship dump tea overboard. Date 1774 Octr. 31

Bostonians Dump Excise Feathering Forcing Hangs Noose Octr Overboard Paying Shadowy Tarred Tarring Teapot

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