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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.
Erica Jong
Born: March 26, 1942 (age 83)
Bio: Erica Jong is an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism.
Known for:
- Fear of Flying (1973)
- Fear of Dying (2015)
- Fear of Fifty: a midlife memoir (1994)
- How to Save Your Own Life (1977)
- Parachutes and Kisses (1984)
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