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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.
Robert Fulton
Born: November 14, 1765
Died: February 24, 1815 (aged 49)
Bio: Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat called The North River Steamboat of Claremont.
Known for:
- Torpedo war, and submarine explosions (1810)
- The Ideal Bulldog
- 2ND CRISIS OF AMER OR A CURSOR