I've read Common Sense and The Rights of Man but was unaware of Paine's views on slavery.

The section that I highlighted:

( for instance, Paine was still opposed to enfranchisement for servants given the common belief that servants were easily corrupted by their masters) is resonant of an attitude that I came across in Kuwait. Many educated women in Kuwait thought that it was best that women not be given the vote as they expected lower class women and Bedouin women to vote as their husbands told them which would have resulted in a large increase in fundamentalist representation in the parliament.

Finally, you have a typo in the sentence that begins; "Nothing that several Liverpool ships...

Sorry, but I can't help myself when it comes to proofreading.