Selected Writings
of
Thomas Paine
African Slavery in America, 1775 — Argued for
abolition of slavery.
An Occasional Letter On The Female Sex, 1775 — Argued for
rights of women.
Common Sense, 1776 — Argued for
independence of the American colonies from Britain.
The American Crisis, 1783
— Collection of pamphlets to sustain the revolution.
— I. The
American Crisis, December 23, 1776
— II. To Lord
Howe, Philadelphia, January 13, 1777
— III. To the
honorable the Council of Safety of the State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
April 19, 1777
— IIIb. To the
honorable the Council of Safety of the State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
April 19, 1777
— IV.
Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 1777
— V. To General
Sir William Howe
— Vb. To The
Inhabitants Of America, Lancaster, March 21, 1778
— VI. To the
Earl of Carlisle, General Clinton, and William Eden, Esq., British
Commissioners at New York, Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1778
— VII. To the
People of England, Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 1778
— VIII. Address
to the People of England, Philadelphia, March, 1780
— IX.
Philadelphia, June 9, 1780
— IXb. The
Crisis Extraordinary. On the Subject of Taxation., Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1780
— X. On the King
of England's Speech
— Xb. To the
People of America. On the expenses, arrangements and disbursements for carrying
on the war, and finishing it with honor and advantage, Philadelphia, March 5,
1782
— XI. On the
present State of News, Philadelphia, May 22, 1782
— XIb. A
Supernumerary Crisis. To Sir Guy Carleton, Philadelphia, May 31, 1782
— XII. To the
Earl of Shelburne, Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1782
— XIII. Thoughts
on the Peace, and the probable Advantages thereof, Philadelphia, April 19, 1783
— XIIIb. A
Supernumerary Crisis. To the People of America, New York, December 9, 1783
Rights of Man, 1792.
The Trial of Thomas Paine for a Libel,
1792 — British government prosecuted Paine for his comments thought
critical of it in The Rights of Man.
Age of Reason, 1794 —
Criticized organized religion and advocated deism.
Agrarian Justice, 1795 —
Proposed program for England of land reform and pensions for the aged.
Portraits of Thomas Paine