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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.
Guy Davenport
Born: November 23, 1927
Died: January 4, 2005 (aged 77)
Bio: Guy Mattison Davenport was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.
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