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A Tale of Two Toms: Jefferson and Paine’s Radically Different Visions of America

Gary Berton / July 1, 2022

Jefferson turned a blind eye to slavery, rooted in fake subjective science, while Paine saw humanity as one whole: “The world is my country, my religion is to do good.” In this sense, Kindness in Paine’s writings is the end product of the Enlightenment, waiting for realization.

Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine and Slavery

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From the Thomas Paine Symposium, June 17, 2022

The new works being discovered by the Project has confirmed his role as a leading writer close to the Pitt/Shelburne faction long before coming to America. Volume I of the new Collection of his writings will be almost entirely filled with these recently discovered works.