Quote of the day
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.
Edgar Wilson Nye
Born: August 25, 1850
Died: February 22, 1896 (aged 45)
Bio: Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang.
Known for:
- Comic History Of England
- Bill Nye's History of the United States (1894)
- Bill Nye and Boomerang (1881)
- Comic History of the United States
- Bill Nye's Red Book (1891)