Publisher's Synopsis
Mohammod Niaz Rafid A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 2021 Most need common sense 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 28 april and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today.