Actor Ian Ruskin will recite a letter that Paine wrote to Thomas Jefferson, using the persona of an enslaved person to emphasize the urgency of ending slavery. The 1808 letter, written seven mo ...

Thomas Paine took an even stronger position against slavery. Referred to as “The Father of the American Revolution” for his writing “Common Sense,” Paine may deserve more credit than any ...

This is not something Thomas Jefferson would have said. But Thomas Paine vehemently opposed slavery. Moreover, the intense opprobrium poured on the king sounds like Paine. This helps explain why ...

A writer and political thinker, he was one of the first to add his voice to the abolition of slavery. Thomas Paine is Thetford's most famous son, having cemented his reputation through his ...

Indeed, It is doubtful, historians believe, that Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence would have found such fertile ground among the American public without the efforts of Paine. Thomas Paine ...

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — More than 180 years after Thomas ... to Paine, who he thinks is not fully appreciated for his forward-looking principles, including women’s rights and abolition of slavery.