Contents vii
REVOLUTION AND THE NEW NATION
BENJAMIN FRANKIJN (1706-1790) 142
The Autobiography 145
Poor Richard's Almanac 174
Preface to Poor Richard, 1733 174
The Way to Wealth: Preface to Poor Richard, 1758 174
The Speech of Polly Baker 180
The Sale of the Hessians 182
Letter to Peter Collinsons [Kite and Key] 183
The Ephemera 184
To Madame Helvetius 185
THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) 186
Common Sense 188
Thoughts on the Present State of American Affairs 188
The American Crisis 197
THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826) 202
The Declaration of Independence 204
First Inaugural Address 207
Notes on the State of Virginia 210
[A Southerner on Slavery] 210
Letter to John Adams [The True Aristocracy] 211
OLAUDAH EQUIANO (1745?-1797?) 214
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 216
Chapter 2: [Horrors of a Slave Ship] 216
Chapter 3: [Travels from Virginia to England] 219
Chapter 7: [He Purchases His Freedoms] 222
PHILLIS WHEATLEY (1753?-1784) 223
To the University of Cambridge, in New-England 225
On Being Brought from Africa to America 225
On the Death of the Reverend Mr. George Whitefield 226
An Hymn to the Evening 227
To S. M. a Young African Painter on Seeing His Works 227
To His Excellency General Washington 228
PHILIP FRENEAU (1752-1832) 229
To the Memory of the Brave Americans 231
The Wild Honey Suckle 232
The Indian Burying Ground 232
On a Honey Bee 234
To a Caty-Did 235
On the Universality and Other Attributes of the God of Nature 236