Dutch Translation of ‘Rights of Man’

Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek published the first complete Dutch translation (by Jabik Veenbaas) of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man. The English-born American philosopher and political activist authored the two most influential pamphlets that inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.



Uitgeverij Wereldbibliotheek published the first complete Dutch translation (by Jabik Veenbaas) of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man. The English-born American philosopher and political activist authored the two most influential pamphlets that inspired the patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain.


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