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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.
François Andrieux
Born: May 6, 1759
Died: May 10, 1833 (aged 74)
Bio: François Guillaume Jean Stanislaus Andrieux was a French man of letters and playwright.