Thomas Paine’s strong antislavery stand was hardly appreciated and often unknown to those “in the trenches,” the 19th century abolitionists who were actually fighting the peculiar institution in antebellum America. Reasons for this ignorance can easily be found.
When most founding members of the Thomas Paine National Historical Association no longer served on the TPNHA board, others joined the association and took active leadership roles. They reflected the founding philosophy and ideas that prevailed at the turn of the century.
The facts are overwhelmingly in favor of Paine being the author of the Junius letters as well as the Declaration of Independence.
Capt. Geo. W. Loyd sends us a copy of the New Rochelle, N. Y., Daily News, containing a report of the Paine celebration at that place, July 4th.
