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 threw gasoline-soaked ink on the fiery ... In early America the Bible was a tool to guide independent citizens. Noll quotes an early historian of the Bible in America, who wrote ...

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 ...

On Sept. 14, 2022, a user on the Telegram social media platform shared a quote meme that claimed writer Thomas Paine once wrote, "The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Thomas Paine was ... Richard Bache). Paine landed at Philadelphia on November 30, 1774. Starting over as a publicist, he first published his African Slavery in America, in the spring of 1775 ...

Freethinker’s Day falls on the birthday of Thomas Paine ... American Revolution and the French Revolution. Paine condemned the practice of slavery in his African Slavery in America and published ...