33
/
AIzaSyAYiBZKx7MnpbEhh9jyipgxe19OcubqV5w
August 1, 2025
6778632
637316
2

mar 1, 1775 - Thomas Paine calls for an end to slavery

Description:

In a March 1775 edition of the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, Paine published this essay calling for the abolition of slavery and the resettlement of freed slaves. His arguments include a barbed comparison with colonial grievances about Britain.

Added to timeline:

ByJN
11 May 2022
2
0
1411

Date:

mar 1, 1775
Now
~ 250 years ago

Images: