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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.
Molly Worthen

Born: 1981 (age 44)
Bio: Molly Worthen is a historian of American religion and a journalist. She is assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Raised in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, she graduated from Yale in 2003 and earned a Ph.D.