Thomas Paine

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Mentioned briefly in the context of discussing the revolutionary fervor and building of the American patriotic movement in the years leading up to the American Revolution, alongside references to the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere.

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Mentioned briefly when discussing General O'Hara being imprisoned in Paris: 'he ends up in prison with Thomas Paine. You know, the rights of man by this point has been imprisoned.' The book is referenced to identify who Thomas Paine is.

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Mentioned as being among the trial papers used as evidence against Thomas Hardy, with the Treasury solicitor underlining passages believed to be treasonous or seditious

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A quote from Thomas Paine dated 1791 is read from a plaque about Wat Tyler - 'If the barons merited a monument to be erected at Runnymede... Tyler merited one in Smithfield, Thomas Paine, 1791.' This quote appears to be from Rights of Man, published in 1791.