Common Sense

Thomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold and fight for independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 07/01/2002
ISBN: 9781557094582
Pages: 72
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.14w x 0.45d