Thomas Paine's Body
Episode description
The Morbid Museum returns with a special America 250 episode! In 1776, forgotten revolutionary and Founding Father Thomas Paine blazed a trail of powerful rhetoric with "Common Sense", a pamphlet that galvanized the citizens of British America to break away from the King. Two Hundred and Fifty years later, despite his remains being scattered in a hair-brained grave robbing plot and his reputation buried by detractors, Paine endures as a salient torch-bearer for the cause of America.
Project Gutenberg: Common Sense
Thomas Paine Political Cartoons - Thomas Paine Historical Association
Thomas Paine Historical Marker - Pomeroy Foundation
Thomas Paine's Scattered Body INTP Blog
Moncure Conway’s Essay on Paine's Remains
Thomas Paine and the Promise of America by Harvey Kaye