Tarring and Feather

Tarring and Feathering is a physical punishment, used to enforced unofficial justice. It was used in feudal Europe and in the colonies. In a typical attack, the subject of a crowds anger would be stripped to his waist.
the first incident recorded in America was in 1766 when Captain William Smith was tarred and feathered and later thrown into the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia by a mob that included the Town Major! The torture later appeared in Salem, Massachusetts when a mob attack low level employees of the costume services.

This acts were lated associated with the Patriots by the side of the American Revolution. There is no case  of a death by a person who has been Tarred and Feathered in this revolution Period.