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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.
Lucas Malet

Born: June 4, 1852
Died: October 27, 1931 (aged 79)
Bio: Lucas Malet was the pseudonym of Mary St Leger Kingsley, a Victorian novelist. Of her novels, The Wages of Sin and The History of Sir Richard Calmady were especially popular.
Known for:
- The history of Sir Richard Calmady (1901)
- The Far Horizon (1906)
- The Gateless Barrier (1900)
- Deadham Hard (1919)
- The Wages of Sin (1890)