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“I wish most anxiously to see my much loved America - it is the Country from whence all reformations must originally spring - I despair of seeing an Abolition of the infernal trafic in Negroes - we must push that matter further on your side the water - I wish that a few well instructed Negroes could be sent among their Brethren in Bondage, for until they are enabled to take their own part nothing will be done.”

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Book:Thomas Paine: Collected Writings: Common Sense / The American Crisis / Rights of: (Library of America #76)
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Thomas Paine: Collected Writings: Common Sense / The American Crisis / Rights of: (Library of America #76)

Thomas Paine's collected writings in this volume encompass his seminal works that played a significant role in the American Revolution and the development of political philosophy. The collection includes his influential tract Common Sense, which argued for American independence from Great Britain, The American Crisis series of pamphlets that inspired the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and Rights of Man, which defended the French Revolution and criticized the British monarchy. more

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Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine, born on February 9, 1737, and died on June 8, 1809, was a prominent American writer, political figure, and philosopher during the American Revolutionary War. He is renowned for his radical democratic ideas and his contributions to the American independence movement. more

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