“In 1791, the same year as #MarieAntoinette’s unsuccessful flight to Varennes and the Princesse de Lamballe’s successful escape to Aix-la-Chapelle, the eighth amendment passed in the United States on 5 December. It banned cruel and unusual punishments and after its passage, #TarAndFeather attacks became a less popular way to ensure #compliance and good #behavior by community members.”

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Tarring and Feathering Attacks in America - geriwalton.com

Although the phrase tarring and feathering appears to have originated just prior to the American Revolution, the practice was much older

^{Geri Walton (geriwalton.com)}