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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
C. V. Boys
Born: March 15, 1855
Died: March 30, 1944 (aged 89)
Bio: Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS was a British physicist, known for his careful and innovative experimental work.
Known for:
- Soap bubbles and the forces which mould them (1890)