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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.
Paula Fox

Born: April 22, 1923
Died: March 1, 2017 (aged 93)
Bio: Paula Fox was an American writer of novels for adults and children and of two memoirs.
Known for:
- Desperate Characters (1970)
- The Slave Dancer (1973)
- One-Eyed Cat (1984)
- Borrowed Finery (2001)
- The god of nightmares (1990)
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