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.
  1. — I. The American Crisis, December 23, 1776
  2. — II. To Lord Howe, Philadelphia, January 13, 1777
  3. — III. To the honorable the Council of Safety of the State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 19, 1777
  4. — IIIb. To the honorable the Council of Safety of the State of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, April 19, 1777
  5. — IV. Philadelphia, Sept. 12, 1777
  6. — V. To General Sir William Howe
  7. — Vb. To The Inhabitants Of America, Lancaster, March 21, 1778
  8. — VI. To the Earl of Carlisle, General Clinton, and William Eden, Esq., British Commissioners at New York, Philadelphia, Oct. 20, 1778
  9. — VII. To the People of England, Philadelphia, Nov. 21, 1778
  10. — VIII. Address to the People of England, Philadelphia, March, 1780
  11. — IX. Philadelphia, June 9, 1780
  12. — IXb. The Crisis Extraordinary. On the Subject of Taxation., Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1780
  13. — X. On the King of England's Speech
  14. — 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
  15. — XI. On the present State of News, Philadelphia, May 22, 1782
  16. — XIb. A Supernumerary Crisis. To Sir Guy Carleton, Philadelphia, May 31, 1782
  17. — XII. To the Earl of Shelburne, Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1782
  18. — XIII. Thoughts on the Peace, and the probable Advantages thereof, Philadelphia, April 19, 1783
  19. — XIIIb. A Supernumerary Crisis. To the People of America, New York, December 9, 1783
• Rights of Man, 1792.
  • Prefaces
  • First Part — Reply to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France
  • Second Part — Combining Principle and Practice
  • Appendix
• 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